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CVE-1999-0250

Denial of service in Qmail through long SMTP commands.

10.0 High

CVE-1999-0250 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Dan Bernstein Qmail, published July 1, 1997. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.27%, the 83rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
10.0 HighCVSS 2.0, NVD
Exploit chance
2.27%EPSS, 83rd percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

Denial of service in Qmail through long SMTP commands.

Exploit likelihood

2.27%Up 1.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used10.0

Denial of service in Qmail through long SMTP commands.

Record
CVE-1999-0250
CVSS 2.0
10.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

Denial of service in Qmail through long SMTP commands.

Record
CVE-1999-0250
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-1999-0250No score

Denial of service in Qmail through long SMTP commands.

Record
EUVD-1999-0250
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wq5m-pq24-j5cvNo score

Denial of service in Qmail through long SMTP commands.

Denial of service in Qmail through long SMTP commands.

Record
GHSA-wq5m-pq24-j5cv
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

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