CVE-1999-1440

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 1999-01-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Win32 ICQ 98a 1.30, and possibly other versions, does not display the entire portion of long filenames, which could allow attackers to send an executable file with a long name that contains so many spaces that the .exe extension is not displayed, which could make the user believe that the file is safe to open from the client.

Affected products

Mirabilis Icq 98A: through 1.30

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91522424302962&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/132
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91522424302962&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/132

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