CVE-1999-1096

Summary

CVE-1999-1096 is a significant vulnerability affecting the kscreensaver component of the KDE klock application. This issue results from a buffer overflow weakness, which can be triggered when processing overly long HOME environmental variables. Malicious users can exploit this flaw to gain root privileges on the affected system, posing a severe security risk to local users.

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