CVE-1999-1557: Ipswitch Imail

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 8.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the login functions in IMAP server (imapd) in Ipswitch IMail 5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a long user name or (2) a long password.

Affected products

• Ipswitch Imail: up to and including 5.0

Published 2005-05-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.