CVE-1999-0005

critical

Description

Arbitrary command execution via IMAP buffer overflow in authenticate command.

References

https://github.com/CVEPhoenixProject/cvelist-bulk-download

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-1999-0005

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/130

http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/177

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 1998-07-20

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.13652