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CVE-1999-0099

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1995-10-19 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in syslog utility allows local or remote attackers to gain root privileges.

Affected products

• Bsdi Bsd Os: 2.0, 2.0.1
• Convexos: 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 11.1
• Convex Spp-Ux: 3
• Cray Unicos: 8.0, 8.3, 9.0
• IBM AIX: 3.2, 4.1
• Sun Solaris: 2.4
• Sunos: 4.1.3, 4.1.3u1, 4.1.4, 5.3, 5.4

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0099
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0099

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