CVE-1999-0101 EXPLOIT
10.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.8% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Buffer overflow in AIX and Solaris "gethostbyname" library call allows root access through corrupt DNS host names.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 7.84% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 1996-12-10 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| ibm | aix |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | AIX 3.x/4.x / Windows 95/98/2000/NT 4.0 / SunOS 5 - 'gethostbyname()' Remote Buffer Overflow | 2006-09-28 |
References
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