CVE-1999-0365: Metainfo Metaip

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The metamail package allows remote command execution using shell metacharacters that are not quoted in a mailcap entry.

Affected products

  • Metainfo Metaip: version 3.1 only
  • Metainfo Sendmail: version 2.0 only; version 2.5 only

Published 1999-02-04. Last modified 2026-06-16.