CVE-1999-0250 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Qmail, specifically affecting dan_bernstein qmail, which can be triggered by sending excessively long SMTP commands. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a high-impact threat with network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common databases like Metasploit or ExploitDB, or any community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dan_bernstein:qmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.