CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0920

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Very high risk
32.37%

98th percentile - higher than 98% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in the pop-2d POP daemon in the IMAP package allows remote attackers to gain privileges via the FOLD command.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can remotely gain elevated privileges, potentially leading to unauthorized access to the system.

Recommendation

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

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in the pop-2d POP daemon in the IMAP package allows remote attackers to gain privileges via the FOLD command.

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