Vulnerability Report

CVE-1999-0042

Title: CVE-1999-0042

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-1999-0042

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Apr 07, 1997
Modified Date Apr 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 10.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
5.49%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-1999-0042: Buffer overflow in University of Washington's implementation of IMAP and POP servers.

Impacted Vendors

C
cyrus 1
U
university_of_washington 2

Reference Links

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0042 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0042
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-1999-0042 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/340
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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.