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Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CVE-1999-0945

Medium
5/10

Summary

Buffer overflow in Internet Mail Service (IMS) for Microsoft Exchange 5.5 and 5.0 allows remote attackers to conduct a denial of service via AUTH or AUTHINFO commands.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL

CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

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