CVE-1999-0004

Summary

CVE-1999-0004 is a significant vulnerability affecting email clients, including Solaris mailtool and Outlook. This issue involves a MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) buffer overflow, which can be exploited by malicious email attachments. An attacker can craft a specially crafted email with a malicious attachment to cause the buffer to overflow, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or denial of service. This vulnerability poses a serious threat to email security and underscores the importance of keeping email clients up-to-date with the latest patches.

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