CVE-1999-0823

Medium

Published: 01/12/1999(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.60%

44th percentile - higher than 44% of all known CVEs

Buffer overflow in FreeBSD xmindpath allows local users to gain privileges via -f argument.

Local users may exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges, potentially leading to unauthorized access to the system.

It is recommended to update FreeBSD to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and restrict access to local users.

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in FreeBSD xmindpath allows local users to gain privileges via -f argument.