VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-1999-1224
CVSS score3.6 NONE
EPSS probability0.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published1997-10-08
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
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.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other