01 Record
CVE-1999-0778
Buffer overflow in Xi Graphics Accelerated-X server allows local users to gain root access via a long display or query parameter.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in Xi Graphics Accelerated-X server allows local users to gain root access via a long display or query parameter.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.68% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 52.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2000-03-22 05:00Z26 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-01 16:48Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 1999-11-25
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2d1293ab03f0ad8ba939b9d04665d3e1d4581ede3770bf2862b43800dc1d6a9c
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com488http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/488