CVE-1999-1574 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in the lex routines of nslookup for AIX 4.3)
Buffer overflow in the lex routines of nslookup for AIX 4.3 may allow attackers to cause a core dump and possibly execute arbitrary code via "long input strings."
| CVE ID | CVE-1999-1574 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 7.5 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 1998-07-06 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in the lex routines of nslookup for AIX 4.3 may allow attackers to cause a core dump and possibly execute arbitrary code via "long input strings." |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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