CVE-1999-0040

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Buffer overflow in Xt library of X Windowing System allows local users to execute commands with root privileges.

Buffer overflow in Xt library of X Windowing System allows local users to execute commands with root privileges.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 27 years ago

1997-05-01 04:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:26:00

Affected Software

SGI IRIX 5.3

5.3

SGI IRIX 6.0

6.0

SGI IRIX 6.1

6.1

SGI IRIX 6.2

6.2

SGI IRIX 6.3

6.3

SGI IRIX 6.4

6.4

FreeBSD 1.1.5.1

1.1.5.1

FreeBSD 2.0

2.0

HP HP-UX 9.0

9.00

HP HP-UX 9.01

9.01

HP HP-UX 9.10

9.10

HP HP-UX 10.00

10.00

HP HP-UX 10.01

10.01

HP HP-UX 10.8

10.08

HP HP-UX 10.9

10.09

HP HP-UX 10.10

10.10

HP HP-UX 10.16

10.16

HP HP-UX 10.20

10.20

HP HP-UX 10.24

10.24

HP HP-UX 10.30

10.30

HP HP-UX 10.34

10.34

IBM AIX 3.2

3.2

IBM AIX 4.1

4.1

IBM AIX 4.2

4.2

NEC UP-UX_V 4.2MP

4.2mp

Sun SunOS 4.1.3

4.1.3

Sun SunOS 4.1.3u1

4.1.3u1

Sun SunOS 4.1.4

4.1.4

Sun Microsystems Solaris 2.3

5.3

Sun Microsystems Solaris 2.4

5.4

Sun Microsystems Solaris 2.5

5.5

Sun Microsystems Solaris 2.5.1

5.5.1

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