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CVE-1999-1224

nvd nist
Published: Oct 8, 1997Modified: Apr 16, 2026

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3.6
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 4.9
Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (2)

University Of Washington
1 product
Imapd
Configuration A
2 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Imapd
All versions
Imapd
Version 4.1

References (4)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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