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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 IDCVE-1999-1489
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.2
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published1997-03-04
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer overflow in TestChip function in XFree86 SuperProbe in Slackware Linux 3.1 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long -nopr argument.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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