MIME buffer overflow in email clients, e.g.
Priority LOW 30Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
MIME buffer overflow in email clients, e.g. Solaris mailtool and Outlook.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.04094 90th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 3
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:hp:dtmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | all versions | Vulnerable | Hewlett Packard Enterprise |
| cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.02 | Vulnerable | University Of Washington |
| cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.0 | Vulnerable | Sco |
- cpe:2.3:a:hp:dtmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:4.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.02 Vulnerable ·University Of Washington
- cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Sco
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-1999-0004
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fwjc-rphw-659w
- 2026-10-26 EPSS moved to the 90th–95th percentile
References
Advisory 1
Sources
- CVE-1999-0004 · CVE Program
- CVE-1999-0004 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fwjc-rphw-659w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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