CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0733

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.04%

60th percentile - higher than 60% of all known CVEs

Summary

VMWare 1.0.1 for Linux has a buffer overflow due to a long HOME environmental variable.

Risk Assessment

The buffer overflow may allow for the execution of malicious code, posing a serious security threat to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to limit the length of the HOME environmental variable and update to a newer version of VMWare to mitigate the risk.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in VMWare 1.0.1 for Linux via a long HOME environmental variable.

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