CVE-1999-1516

High CVSS 7.5

Published 1999-09-02 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1516, 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

A buffer overflow in TenFour TFS Gateway SMTP mail server 3.2 allows an attacker to crash the mail server and possibly execute arbitrary code by offering more than 128 bytes in a MAIL FROM string.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1516

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