CVE-1999-1440

Medium CVSS 5.1

Published 1999-01-01 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1440, 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

Win32 ICQ 98a 1.30, and possibly other versions, does not display the entire portion of long filenames, which could allow attackers to send an executable file with a long name that contains so many spaces that the .exe extension is not displayed, which could make the user believe that the file is safe to open from the client.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1440

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