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CVE-1999-0042

Status: ModifiedHigh (10)—

Buffer overflow in University of Washington's implementation of IMAP and POP servers.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (6)

Bsdi — BSD OSCaldera — OpenlinuxIBM — AIXRedhat — LinuxUniversity OF Washington — ImapUniversity OF Washington — POP

CWEs

References

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