CVE-1999-0494

Medium

Published: 01/07/1998(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk

1.35%

68th percentile - higher than 68% of all known CVEs

Summary

CVE-1999-0494 is a denial of service vulnerability in the WinGate proxy due to a buffer overflow in the POP3 protocol.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to disrupt the operation of the proxy server, leading to service availability issues for users.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the WinGate software to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor logs for potential attack attempts.

Original NVD description (English source)

Denial of service in WinGate proxy through a buffer overflow in POP3.