CVE-1999-0047

MIME conversion buffer overflow in sendmail versions 8.8.3 and 8.8.4.

Published: 1997-01-28 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0047 is rated Moderate Risk (64/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.17%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0047

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 2025-03-30 10.14% 2.17% -7.97%
2 2025-03-29 2.17% 10.14% +7.97%
3 2025-03-19 — 2.17% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0047

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0047

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0047

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0047: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0047

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0047

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
eric_allman sendmail 8.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eric_allman sendmail 8.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bsdi bsd_os 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
caldera openlinux 1.0 cpe:2.3:o:caldera:openlinux:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0047

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