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CVE-1999-0005

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 18.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1998-07-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Arbitrary command execution via IMAP buffer overflow in authenticate command.

Affected products

• Netscape Messaging Server: 3.55
• University Of Washington Imap: 10.234

References

• http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/177
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/130
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/177
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/130

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