CVE-1999-0018 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability residing in the statd service that affects legacy systems from vendors including IBM, SGI, and Sun Microsystems. With a maximum CVSS score of 10.0, this flaw presents a severe risk by allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to exploit the overflow and gain root privileges through a low-complexity network vector. Although historical proof-of-concept code is available via ExploitDB, the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, and current intelligence indicates no active exploitation or recent community attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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