CVE-1999-0863
MediumExploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk30th percentile - higher than 30% of all known CVEs
Summary
Buffer overflow in FreeBSD seyon can occur via the HOME environmental variable, -emulator argument, -modems argument, or the GUI.
Risk Assessment
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute malicious code, potentially leading to system compromise.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update the software to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.
Other vulnerabilities in FreeBSD seyon
See all- CVE-1999-0820Medium
A vulnerability in FreeBSD seyon allows users to gain elevated privileges via a modified PATH variable used for locating the xterm and seyon-emu commands.
- CVE-1999-0821Medium
FreeBSD seyon allows local users to gain privileges by providing a malicious program in the -emulator argument.
Original NVD description (English source)
Buffer overflow in FreeBSD seyon via HOME environmental variable, -emulator argument, -modems argument, or the GUI.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS