CVE-1999-1265

high

Description

SMTP server in SLmail 3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed commands whose arguments begin with a "(" (parenthesis) character, such as (1) SEND, (2) VRFY, (3) EXPN, (4) MAIL FROM, (5) RCPT TO.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1664

http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=90650438826447&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90649892424117&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 1998-09-22

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00739