CVE-1999-0778
HighPublished
Buffer overflow in Xi Graphics Accelerated-X server allows local users to gain root access via a long display or query parameter.
- Published
- Mar 22, 2000
- Updated
- Aug 1, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Jun 25, 1999
Primary CVSS
7.2/ 10High
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C0.7%
Low · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 50.9%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
Buffer overflow in Xi Graphics Accelerated-X server allows local users to gain root access via a long display or query parameter.
Sources
1KSR[T] · linux · Jun 25, 1999
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