Denial of service in Qmail by specifying a large number of recipients with the RCPT command.
Priority LOW 14Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- 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
Denial of service in Qmail by specifying a large number of recipients with the RCPT command.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01324 71st 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 · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:qmail_project:qmail:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | Qmail Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:qmail_project:qmail:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Qmail Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-1999-0144
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-78g5-jc8q-wgq5
References
More Qmail Project Qmail vulnerabilities
- TI-2005-01435 Integer overflow in the stralloc_readyplus function in qmail, when running on 64 bit… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-1999-0144 · CVE Program
- CVE-1999-0144 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-78g5-jc8q-wgq5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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