What is CVE-1999-0101?

CVE-1999-0101 is a publicly disclosed cybersecurity vulnerability with a HIGH severity rating and CVSS score of 10.

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HIGH10.0/ 10.0

Published: December 10, 1996 at 05:00 AM

Modified: April 3, 2025 at 01:03 AM

Source: cve@mitre.org

Buffer overflow in AIX and Solaris "gethostbyname" library call allows root access through corrupt DNS host names.

Base Score

10.0

Severity

HIGH

Vector String

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD-CWE-Other

Source: nvd@nist.gov