CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0038

HighCVSS 8.4
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.32%

67th percentile - higher than 67% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in the xlock program allows local users to execute commands as root.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could gain full system privileges, posing a serious security risk.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the xlock program to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in xlock program allows local users to execute commands as root.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS