CVE-1999-1551

Medium

Published: 02/03/1999(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 17/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Very high risk

71.79%

99th percentile - higher than 99% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in Ipswitch IMail Service 5.0 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a long URL.

Risk Assessment

The attack may lead to service downtime and allow unauthorized actions to be performed on the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update to the latest version of Ipswitch IMail service to mitigate the risk associated with this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in Ipswitch IMail Service 5.0 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a long URL.