CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0789

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk
3.13%

86th percentile - higher than 86% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in AIX ftpd in the libc library.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code, potentially taking control of the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update AIX software to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in AIX ftpd in the libc library.

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