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CVE-1999-0144

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-1999-0144 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Qmail, specifically affecting qmail_project qmail versions, where an attacker can crash the mail server by sending a large number of recipients via the RCPT command. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a low impact (partial denial of service) and requiring local access with low attack complexity. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available through ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qmail_project:qmail:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-20562 · Jun 12, 1997
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0132 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cr.yp.to / qmail/venema.html
Vendor Advisory
marc.info
Third Party Advisory
marc.info
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/208
VDB Entry
ornl.gov / its/archives/mailing-lists/qmail/1997/06/threads.html
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/2237
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry