CVE-1999-0206: Eric Allman Sendmail

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

MIME buffer overflow in Sendmail 8.8.0 and 8.8.1 gives root access.

Affected products

• Eric Allman Sendmail: version 8.8 only; version 8.8.1 only

Published 1996-10-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.