CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1340

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.91%

55th percentile - higher than 55% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in faxalter in hylafax 4.0.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a long -m command line argument.

Risk Assessment

Local users can exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to the system, potentially leading to serious security implications.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update hylafax to the latest version to eliminate this vulnerability and restrict access to the faxalter program to trusted users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in faxalter in hylafax 4.0.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a long -m command line argument.

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