CVE-1999-1574

High CVSS 7.5

Published 1998-07-06 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1574, 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 the lex routines of nslookup for AIX 4.3 may allow attackers to cause a core dump and possibly execute arbitrary code via "long input strings."

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1574

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