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Buffer overflow in Internet Mail Service (IMS) for...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Apr 30, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 3, 2025

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Buffer overflow in Internet Mail Service (IMS) for Microsoft Exchange 5.5 and 5.0 allows remote attackers to conduct a denial of service via AUTH or AUTHINFO commands.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 12, 2001
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 30, 2022
Last updated Apr 3, 2025

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(95th percentile)

Weaknesses

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-1999-0945

GHSA ID

GHSA-hc7r-j3rx-qwm2

Source code

No known source code

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