CVE-1999-0126

Summary

CVE-1999-0126 is a significant buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the SGI IRIX operating system's xterm and Xaw applications. Maliciously crafted input can cause the buffer to overflow, leading to arbitrary code execution with root privileges. An attacker could exploit this weakness to gain complete system control and potentially install malware, modify files, or execute unauthorized commands. Systems running these vulnerable applications should be patched as soon as possible to prevent potential security breaches.

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