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CVE-1999-1224

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1997-10-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

IMAP 4.1 BETA, and possibly other versions, does not properly handle the SIGABRT (abort) signal, which allows local users to crash the server (imapd) via certain sequences of commands, which causes a core dump that may contain sensitive password information.

Affected products

• University Of Washington Imapd: 4.1

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87635124302928&w=2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/349
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87635124302928&w=2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/349

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