CVE-1999-0072 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in IBM AIX

4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.2HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 78.26%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
IBM AIX
Timeline
PublishedOct 22
Latest updateApr 17

Description

Buffer overflow in AIX xdat gives root access to local users.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDibm/aix8 versions+7

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
VulDB
IBM AIX up to 4.2.1 xdat memory corruption (XFDB-585 / SBV-578)↗2026-04-17
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GHSA
GHSA-3q6q-xxfm-fxqr: Buffer overflow in AIX xdat gives root access to local users↗2022-04-30
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CVEList
CVE-1999-0072: Buffer overflow in AIX xdat gives root access to local users↗1999-09-29
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CVE-1999-0072 — IBM AIX vulnerability | cvebase