CVE-1999-1113

Exp

Buffer overflow in Eudora Internet Mail Server (EIMS) 2.01 and earlier on MacOS systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long USER command to port 106.

Published: 1998-04-14 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-1999-1113 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.96%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.02% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-1113

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19069 exploit_db edb 1998-04-14 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-1113

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 0.94% 3.96% +3.02%
2 2023-03-07 4.19% 0.94% -3.25%
3 2022-02-04 4.19%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-1113

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-1999-1113

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-1113

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
eudora internet_mail_server <= 2.01 cpe:2.3:a:eudora:internet_mail_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eudora internet_mail_server 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:eudora:internet_mail_server:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eudora internet_mail_server 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:eudora:internet_mail_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-1113

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