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.
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.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19069 | exploit_db | edb | 1998-04-14 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |