What is CVE-1999-0004?

CVE-1999-0004 is a vulnerability in HP Dtmail. Published 1997-12-16.

Is CVE-1999-0004 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in HP Dtmail

CVE-1999-0004

MIME buffer overflow in email clients, e.g. Solaris mailtool and Outlook.

Published 1997-12-16 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.028 (85.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 85.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: -0.000

Affected products

HP Dtmail
SCO Unixware — versions 7.0
University Of Washington Pine — versions 4.02

Public proof-of-concept exploits

jimmyislive/gocve

References

docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1998/ms98-008 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-1999-0004?: CVE-1999-0004 is a vulnerability in HP Dtmail. Published 1997-12-16.
Is CVE-1999-0004 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.