CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1516

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk
1.91%

77th percentile - higher than 77% of all known CVEs

Summary

A buffer overflow in TenFour TFS Gateway SMTP mail server version 3.2 allows an attacker to crash the mail server and possibly execute arbitrary code by offering more than 128 bytes in a MAIL FROM string.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could remotely crash the mail server or execute malicious code, posing a serious threat to the security of the system and the organization's data.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the TenFour TFS Gateway SMTP server to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor logs for potential attack attempts.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

A buffer overflow in TenFour TFS Gateway SMTP mail server 3.2 allows an attacker to crash the mail server and possibly execute arbitrary code by offering more than 128 bytes in a MAIL FROM string.

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