CVE-1999-0846

Denial of service in MDaemon 2.7 via a large number of connection attempts.

Published: 1999-12-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0846 is rated Moderate Risk (42.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.50%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0846

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 0.56% 0.50% -0.06%
2 2025-03-29 0.50% 0.56% +0.06%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.50% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0846

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0846

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0846

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
deerfield mdaemon 2.8.5 cpe:2.3:a:deerfield:mdaemon:2.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
deerfield mdaemon 2.8.6 cpe:2.3:a:deerfield:mdaemon:2.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0846

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