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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 8, 1997· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-1999-1224

CVE-1999-1224

Description

IMAP 4.1 BETA, and possibly other versions, does not properly handle the SIGABRT (abort) signal, which allows local users to crash the server (imapd) via certain sequences of commands, which causes a core dump that may contain sensitive password information.

Affected products

2
  • University of Washington/Imapd2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imapd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imapd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imapd:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

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