CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-1476

2.1 LOW Published 1999-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1999-12-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

A bug in Intel Pentium processor (MMX and Overdrive) allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang) in Intel-based operating systems such as Windows NT and Windows 95, via an invalid instruction, aka the "Invalid Operand with Locked CMPXCHG8B Instruction" problem.

Affected configurations

• intel pentium • intel pentuim

Related

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

  • CWE-1281 Sequence of Processor Instructions Leads to Unexpected Behavior weakness
  • CWE-833 Deadlock weakness

References