CVE-1999-1064 describes multiple buffer overflows in WindowMaker versions 0.52 through 0.60.0. An attacker can trigger these vulnerabilities by executing WindowMaker with an excessively long program name (argv[0]), leading to a denial of service or potentially arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability is rated as High severity (CVSS 10.0), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and has complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.60.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:windowmaker:windowmaker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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