CVE-1999-0418

Medium CVSS 6.4

Published 1999-03-08 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-0418, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

Denial of service in SMTP applications such as Sendmail, when a remote attacker (e.g. spammer) uses many "RCPT TO" commands in the same connection.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-0418

CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P