CVE-1999-0863

CVSS 2.0 Score 4.6 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Nov 8, 1999

Updated: Nov 20, 2024

Summary

CVE-1999-0863 is a vulnerability affecting the seyon component in FreeBSD. This issue arises due to a buffer overflow, which can be triggered through the use of a specially crafted HOME environmental variable, -emulator argument, or -modems argument, or even via the GUI. An attacker exploiting this vulnerability could execute arbitrary code on the affected system, potentially leading to serious security implications. It is essential for system administrators to apply the available patch as soon as possible to mitigate this risk.

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FreeBSD

Affected Vendors

FreeBSD Project

Advisories, Assessments, and Mitigations

https://app.recordedfuture.com/live/sc/entity/NEUHae
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0863
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0863

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