CVE-1999-1489 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in TestChip function in XFree86 SuperProbe i)
Buffer overflow in TestChip function in XFree86 SuperProbe in Slackware Linux 3.1 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long -nopr argument.
| CVE ID | CVE-1999-1489 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 7.2 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 1997-03-04 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in TestChip function in XFree86 SuperProbe in Slackware Linux 3.1 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long -nopr argument. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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