CVE-1999-0004

MIME buffer overflow in email clients, e.g. Solaris mailtool and Outlook.

Published: 1997-12-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-1999-0004 is rated Moderate Risk (49.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.82%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0004

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-21 3.19% 2.82% -0.37%
2 2026-06-11 2.78% 3.19% +0.41%
3 2026-05-08 2.78%

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0004

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0004

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0004

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-1999-0004: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0004

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0004

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hp dtmail cpe:2.3:a:hp:dtmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
university_of_washington pine 4.02 cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco unixware 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0004

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