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TI-1999-01498 Aliases CVE-1999-1551GHSA-6294-xqxp-m342

Buffer overflow in Ipswitch IMail Service 5.0 allows an attacker to cause a denial of…

Priority MEDIUM 61Published · 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

Buffer overflow in Ipswitch IMail Service 5.0 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a long URL.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.71793 99th 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0VulnerableIpswitch
cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableIpswitch
  • cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·Ipswitch
  • cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Ipswitch

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-1999-1551
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6294-xqxp-m342

References

Other 1

  • TI-2004-00266 Buffer overflow in the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) daemon (iLDAP.exe… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2005-01189 Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP daemon (IMAPD32.EXE) in IMail 8.13 in Ipswitch… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2005-01188 Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the IMAP server in IMail 8.12 and 8.13 in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2004-01396 Stack-based buffer overflow in IPSwitch IMail 8.13 allows remote authenticated users to… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.6
  • TI-2007-02705 Multiple buffer overflows in Ipswitch IMail before 2006.21 allow remote attackers or… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
  • TI-1999-00996 Buffer overflow in IMonitor in IMail 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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Sources

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