CVE-1999-0098

Buffer overflow in SMTP HELO command in Sendmail allows a remote attacker to hide activities.

Published: 1998-04-01 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0098 is rated High Risk (72.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.14%). EPSS rose +2.17% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0098

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 2026-06-15 0.96% 3.14% +2.17%
2 2025-03-30 2.42% 0.96% -1.46%
3 2025-03-29 — 2.42% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0098

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-1999-0098

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0098

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0098: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0098

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0098

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple appleshare — cpe:2.3:a:apple:appleshare:-:*:*:ja:*:*:*:*
pmail mercury_mail_server — cpe:2.3:a:pmail:mercury_mail_server:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
seattlelab slmail 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:seattlelab:slmail:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0098

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