CVE-1999-1114

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1998-04-08 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1114, 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 Korn Shell (ksh) suid_exec program on IRIX 6.x and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain root privileges.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1114

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