What is CVE-1999-0250?

CVE-1999-0250 is a vulnerability in Dan Bernstein Qmail. Published 1997-07-01.

Is CVE-1999-0250 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Dan Bernstein Qmail

CVE-1999-0250

Denial of service in Qmail through long SMTP commands.

Published 1997-07-01 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.023 (82.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dan Bernstein Qmail

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-1999-0250?: CVE-1999-0250 is a vulnerability in Dan Bernstein Qmail. Published 1997-07-01.
Is CVE-1999-0250 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.