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CVE-1999-0478

Denial of service in HP-UX sendmail 8.8.6 related to accepting connections.

5.0 Medium

Denial of service in HP-UX sendmail 8.8.6 related to accepting connections.

Exploit likelihood

1.36%Up 0.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Denial of service in HP-UX sendmail 8.8.6 related to accepting connections.

Record
CVE-1999-0478
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Denial of service in HP-UX sendmail 8.8.6 related to accepting connections.

Record
CVE-1999-0478
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-1999-0477 No score

Denial of service in HP-UX sendmail 8.8.6 related to accepting connections.

Record
EUVD-1999-0477
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gr8q-pc3h-3qwp No score

Denial of service in HP-UX sendmail 8.8.6 related to accepting connections.

Denial of service in HP-UX sendmail 8.8.6 related to accepting connections.

Record
GHSA-gr8q-pc3h-3qwp
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-1999-0478 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Sendmail, published December 1, 1998. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.36%, the 71st percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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