CVE-1999-1224

Low CVSS 3.6

Published 1997-10-08 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1224, 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

IMAP 4.1 BETA, and possibly other versions, does not properly handle the SIGABRT (abort) signal, which allows local users to crash the server (imapd) via certain sequences of commands, which causes a core dump that may contain sensitive password information.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1224

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