Vulnerability Report

CVE-1999-1557

RCE

Title: Ipswitch IMail IMAP server buffer overflow RCE/DoS

RCE, DoS, Buffer Overflow

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-1999-1557

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date May 02, 2005

Modified Date Apr 03, 2025

Exploit Status Available

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

23.67%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-1999-1557: Buffer overflow in the login functions in IMAP server (imapd) in Ipswitch IMail 5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a long user name or (2) a long password.

Impacted Vendors

ipswitch 1

Reference Links

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92038879607336&w=2 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1895 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92038879607336&w=2 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1895

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-1999-1557 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19377

View Code

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

May 02, 2005 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in 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:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.