The Patching Friars' AlmanacA calendar of CVE saints

Feast day December 18

P Ping of Death CVE-1999-0128
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Saint Ping of Death, Father of the Church

Hagiography in preparation at the scriptorium.

Technical record

Disclosed on
December 18 1996
CVE
CVE-1999-0128

Oversized ICMP ping packets can result in a denial of service, aka Ping o' Death.

Sources: sei.cmu.edu · nvd.nist.gov

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