CVE-1999-1542: Red Hat Linux

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 3.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

RPMMail before 1.4 allows remote attackers to execute commands via an e-mail message with shell metacharacters in the "MAIL FROM" command.

Affected products

• Red Hat Linux: version 6.0 only

Published 1999-10-04. Last modified 2026-06-16.