CVE-1999-0951

Summary

CVE-1999-0951 is a significant buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the OmniHTTPd CGI program imagemap.exe. This issue allows remote attackers to execute malicious commands by exploiting a buffer overflow in the imagemap.exe application. An attacker could potentially gain control of an affected system, leading to serious security consequences. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation, allowing attackers to inject and execute arbitrary code. Organizations using OmniHTTPd with imagemap.exe should apply the available patch or upgrade to a secure version to mitigate this risk.

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