Security Advisory

CVE-1999-1476

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2002-03-09 05:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-01 17:18:07
Assigner mitre
State PUBLISHED

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.