CVE-1999-0427

Eudora 4.1 allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service by sending attachments with long file names.

Published: 2000-05-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0427 is rated Moderate Risk (53/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.56%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0427

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 2025-03-17 0.73% 0.56% -0.17%
2 2024-02-08 1.22% 0.73% -0.49%
3 2023-03-07 — 1.22% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0427

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0427

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0427

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0427: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0427

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0427

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
qualcomm eudora 4.2 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm eudora 4.3 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm eudora_light 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora_light:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm eudora_pro 1.00 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora_pro:1.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0427

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