CVE-1999-1265

Medium CVSS 5

Published 1998-09-22 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1265, 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

SMTP server in SLmail 3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed commands whose arguments begin with a "(" (parenthesis) character, such as (1) SEND, (2) VRFY, (3) EXPN, (4) MAIL FROM, (5) RCPT TO.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1265

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