CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0056

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.37%

28th percentile - higher than 28% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in Sun's ping program can give local users root access.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability poses a serious security risk by allowing local users to escalate their privileges.

Recommendation

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

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in Sun's ping program can give root access to local users.

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