CVE-1999-0040

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1997-05-01 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-0040, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

Buffer overflow in Xt library of X Windowing System allows local users to execute commands with root privileges.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-0040

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