CVE-1999-0005 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability residing in the authenticate command of the IMAP service, affecting legacy deployments of Netscape Messaging Server and University of Washington imapd. With a maximum CVSS score of 10.0, this flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands with low complexity, resulting in a complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While historical proof-of-concept code is available through ExploitDB, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation in the wild or significant community discussion regarding this inactive vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.55CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netscape:messaging_server:3.55:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.234CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:10.234:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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