CVE-1999-1033

mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.175 · 97 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS
grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
1 exploit · functional
Likely / severe?
17.5% (97th) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
Is it mine?
4 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Microsoft Outlook Express before 4.72.3612.1700 allows a malicious user to send a message that contains a .., which can inadvertently cause Outlook to re-enter POP3 command mode and cause the POP3 session to hang.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.0
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9
v2.04.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USLLM-inferred
03

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

04

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

06

sources

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enisa_euvdnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 1999-05-11modified 2026-06-16
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references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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