CVE-1999-0284
highpriority · track · 44EPSS 0.115 · 96 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
3 exploits · functional
Likely / severe?
11.5% (96th) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Denial of service to NT mail servers including Ipswitch, Mdaemon, and Exchange through a buffer overflow in the SMTP HELO command.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
7.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.5
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weaknesses
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exploits (3)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-23113Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0/5.0 - SMTP HELO Argument Buffer Overflowfunctional · exploit_db
- EDB-23145Ipswitch Imail Server 5.0 - SMTP HELO Argument Buffer Overflowfunctional · exploit_db
- EDB-23146Alt-N MDaemon Server 2.71 SP1 - SMTP HELO Argument Buffer Overflowfunctional · exploit_db
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affected products (4)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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published 1998-01-01modified 2026-06-16
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references (2)
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