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CVE-1999-1448: Eudora and Eudora Light before 3.05 allows remote attackers to cause a crash and corrupt the user's mailbox...

Eudora and Eudora Light before 3.05 allows remote attackers to cause a crash and corrupt the user's mailbox via an e-mail message with certain dates, such as (1) dates before 1970, which cause a Divide By Zero error, or (2) dates that are 100 years after the current date, which causes a segmentation fault.

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CVE-1999-1448 is an old Eudora mail client flaw where a specially dated email can crash the client and corrupt the user's mailbox. The business impact is disruption and possible local mailbox data damage, not documented code execution. Exposure is likely limited to legacy systems still running Eudora or Eudora Light before 3.05. Modern mail platforms are not named in the sources. Treat this as a legacy exposure cleanup item. It is not a modern enterprise-wide emergency unless business-critical users still depend on vulnerable Eudora clients or unrecoverable local mailboxes. Mitigation focus: Identify and retire Eudora or Eudora Light installations before 3.05.; Upgrade any retained installations beyond the affected version range, if vendor guidance supports it.; Back up legacy local mailboxes before remediation or migration..

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