CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1015

Medium
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Very high risk
5.94%

92th percentile - higher than 92% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in AppleShare Mail Server 5.0.3 on MacOS 8.1 and earlier allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long HELO command.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely crash the mail server, leading to service unavailability for users.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to a newer version of the software to mitigate the buffer overflow risk.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in Apple AppleShare Mail Server 5.0.3 on MacOS 8.1 and earlier allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long HELO command.

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