CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-1999-0040

Published: May 01, 1997 | Modified: Aug 17, 2022

CVSS 3.x

N/A

Source:

NVD

CVSS 2.x

7.2 HIGH

RedHat/V2

RedHat/V3

Ubuntu

Additional information

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0040
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Irix	Sgi	5.3	5.3
Irix	Sgi	4.0	4.0
Irix	Sgi	6.1	6.1
Irix	Sgi	6.4	6.4
Irix	Sgi	5.0	5.0
Irix	Sgi	6.0	6.0
Irix	Sgi	6.3	6.3
Irix	Sgi	6.2	6.2

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0040

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