CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0206

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk
1.95%

78th percentile - higher than 78% of all known CVEs

Summary

MIME buffer overflow in Sendmail 8.8.0 and 8.8.1 gives root access.

Risk Assessment

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to complete control over the system by an unauthorized user.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Sendmail to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

MIME buffer overflow in Sendmail 8.8.0 and 8.8.1 gives root access.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS