CVE-1999-1557

Ipswitch IMail 5.0 - Imapd Buffer Overflow (Denial of Service) (PoC)

Severity Score

5.0

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 5.0

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

1999-03-01 First Exploit
2001-08-31 CVE Reserved
2001-09-12 CVE Published
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-01 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92038879607336&w=2	Mailing List
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1895	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19377	1999-03-01

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ipswitch Search vendor "Ipswitch"		Imail Search vendor "Ipswitch" for product "Imail"				<= 5.0 Search vendor "Ipswitch" for product "Imail" and version " <= 5.0"		-		Affected