CVE-1999-0206

MIME buffer overflow in Sendmail 8.8.0 and 8.8.1 gives root access.

Published: 1996-10-01 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0206 is rated High Risk (68.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.95%). EPSS rose +1.45% 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-1999-0206

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 0.50% 1.95% +1.45%
2 2025-03-30 1.49% 0.50% -0.99%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.49% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0206

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-1999-0206

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0206

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0206: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0206

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0206

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
eric_allman sendmail 8.8 cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eric_allman sendmail 8.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0206

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