CVE-1999-0041

Summary

CVE-1999-0041 refers to a buffer overflow vulnerability discovered in the Natural Language Service (NLS) component. This issue arises due to insufficient validation of user input, leading to excessive data being written into a buffer. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted input to the affected system, potentially causing it to crash or execute arbitrary code. The NLS component, used to handle language-specific formatting, is a critical system function, making this vulnerability a significant security risk for affected systems.

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