CVE-1999-0004

Medium

Published: 16/12/1997(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk

3.24%

87th percentile - higher than 87% of all known CVEs

MIME buffer overflow in email clients, such as Solaris mailtool and Outlook, may lead to unauthorized access or execution of malicious code.

Organizations may be vulnerable to attacks that exploit this vulnerability to gain control over user systems.

It is recommended to update email clients to the latest versions that mitigate this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

MIME buffer overflow in email clients, e.g. Solaris mailtool and Outlook.