3.6

CVE-1999-1224: university_of_washington imapd

CVSS: 3.6v2.0LowModified
Published 12-09-2001Last modified 01-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-1999-1224 is a low (CVSS 3.6) vulnerability in university_of_washington imapd. EPSS estimates a 0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
14/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.6/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.34%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 12-09-2001
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 01-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

IMAP 4.1 BETA, and possibly other versions, does not properly handle the SIGABRT (abort) signal, which allows local users to crash the server (imapd) via certain sequences of commands, which causes a core dump that may contain sensitive password information.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.34%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

25%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.34% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.34%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

University_of_washington1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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