CVE-1999-1448 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Eudora and corrupt mailboxes by sending emails with invalid dates, requiring user interaction to receive the message.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-1448?
CVE-1999-1448 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Sep 2001. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Eudora and Eudora Light before 3.05 allows remote attackers to cause a crash and corrupt the user's mailbox via an e-mail message with certain dates, such as (1) dates before 1970, which cause a Divide By Zero error, or (2) dates that are 100 years after the current date, which causes a segmentation fault.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1448?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Qualcomm Eudora, Qualcomm Eudora Light.
How do I fix CVE-1999-1448?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1448 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-1999-1448 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1448 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6ppx-cq5m-vxwq.