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CVE-1999-1261

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1997-10-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Rainbow Six Multiplayer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long nickname (nick) command.

Affected products

• Metamail Corporation Metamail: through 7.2

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/12433
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1772
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/12433
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1772

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