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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-1999-1445

Vulnerability in imapd and ipop3d in Slackware 3.4 and 3.3 with shadowing enabled, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a core dump via a short sequence of USER and PASS commands that do not provide valid usernames or…

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 1.32%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Vulnerability in imapd and ipop3d in Slackware 3.4 and 3.3 with shadowing enabled, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a core dump via a short sequence of USER and PASS commands that do not provide valid usernames or passwords.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
1.32% probability · 71th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
slackware/slackware linux
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 1.32%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 1.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.