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CVE-1999-1224

LOW CVSS: 3.6 Published: 1997-10-08 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

University Of Washington Imapd

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References