Vulnerability Report

CVE-1999-0005

Title: CVE-1999-0005

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-1999-0005

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Jul 20, 1998
Modified Date Apr 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 10.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
12.63%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-1999-0005: Arbitrary command execution via IMAP buffer overflow in authenticate command.

Impacted Vendors

C
cyrus 1
U
university_of_washington 1
N
netscape 1

Reference Links

http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/177 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/130 http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/177 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/130
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
10.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-1999-0005 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19107
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.