CVE-1999-0341

Buffer overflow in the Linux mail program "deliver" allows local users to gain root access.

Published: 1998-01-01 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-1999-0341 is rated Moderate Risk (40.3/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.40%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule 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-1999-0341

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 0.06% 0.40% +0.34%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
3 2023-03-07 0.04%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0341

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0341

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0341

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-1999-0341: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0341

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0341

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
debian debian_linux 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware_linux 2.2 cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware_linux 2.3 cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0341

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