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Critical CVE
CVSS 103 sources verified·1 min read
By Lyrie Threat Intelligence·6/16/2026

CRITICAL: CVE-1999-0798 (CVSS 10) — bsdi bsd os

CVE: CVE-1999-0798

CVSS: 10 (2.0) — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: CRITICAL

Status: Critical advisory

Affected

  • bsdi bsd os
  • freebsd freebsd
  • openbsd openbsd
  • redhat linux
  • sco internet faststart

Summary

Buffer overflow in bootpd on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and Linux systems via a malformed header type.

Verified Sources

References

  • http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91278867118128&w=2
  • http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91278867118128&w=2

_Validated by the Lyrie Threat Intelligence Pipeline — 3 independent sources confirmed before publication. No speculation._

Lyrie Verdict

A vulnerability of this severity is exactly what Lyrie's anti-rogue-AI defense is built for: continuous, autonomous monitoring that doesn't wait for human reaction time.

Validated sources

  1. [1]NVD
  2. [2]GitHub Advisory
  3. [3]MITRE