CVE-1999-1445

Medium CVSS 5

Published 1998-02-02 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1445, 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

Vulnerability in imapd and ipop3d in Slackware 3.4 and 3.3 with shadowing enabled, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a core dump via a short sequence of USER and PASS commands that do not provide valid usernames or passwords.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1445

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