CVE-1999-1529A buffer overflow exists in the HELO command in Trend Micro Interscan VirusWall SMTP gateway 3.23/3.3 for NT, which may allow an attacker…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 12.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
A buffer overflow exists in the HELO command in Trend Micro Interscan VirusWall SMTP gateway 3.23/3.3 for NT, which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Trend Micro Interscan VirusWall 3.2.3/3.3 - 'HELO' Remote Buffer Overflow (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 19612remote, windowspublished 7 Nov 1999Verified
- Trend Micro Interscan VirusWall 3.2.3/3.3 - 'HELO' Remote Buffer Overflow (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 19614remote, windowspublished 7 Nov 1999Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 12 days later
· 12 days later
Published
- 23 years later
· 23 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.1% · top 3.8% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References8
- 787 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 19991108 Patch for VirusWall 3.23. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 19991107 Interscan VirusWall NT 3.23/3.3 buffer overflow. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
- 19991107 Interscan VirusWall NT 3.23/3.3 buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 19991108 Patch for VirusWall 3.23. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20000417 New DOS on Interscan NT/3.32 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 19991108 Re: Interscan VirusWall NT 3.23/3.3 buffer overflow. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- viruswall-helo-bo(3465) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-1999-1510 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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