CVE-1999-1265

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: 1998-09-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

SMTP server in SLmail 3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed commands whose arguments begin with a "(" (parenthesis) character, such as (1) SEND, (2) VRFY, (3) EXPN, (4) MAIL FROM, (5) RCPT TO.

Affected products

Seatle Lab Software Slmail: through 3.1

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90649892424117&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=90650438826447&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1664
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90649892424117&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=90650438826447&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1664

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