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CVE-1999-0206

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1996-10-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

MIME buffer overflow in Sendmail 8.8.0 and 8.8.1 gives root access.

Affected products

• Eric Allman Sendmail: 8.8, 8.8.1

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0206
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0206

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