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CVE-1999-0042

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 12.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1997-04-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in University of Washington's implementation of IMAP and POP servers.

Affected products

• Bsdi Bsd Os: 2.1, 3.0
• Caldera Openlinux: 1.0
• IBM AIX: 4.2.1
• RedHat Linux: 2.0, 4.0
• University Of Washington Imap: 4
• University Of Washington Pop: 3

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0042
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0042

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