CVE-1999-0101Critical· 10.0▾ AbyssalPoC availableBuffer overflow in AIX and Solaris "gethostbyname" library call allows root access through corrupt DNS host names.
▾ Abyssal zone — Critical with a public exploit or in-the-wild use
impact 55 · likelihood 1.6 · exploitation 12
A public proof-of-concept already exists for this vulnerability — see Exploit availability below.
Public exploit / PoC code seen in 1 source. Availability, not in-the-wild use.
Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Jul 4.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via NVD
Last analysed / modified upstream
7.9%
Exploit-DB (last check)
Buffer overflow in AIX and Solaris "gethostbyname" library call allows root access through corrupt DNS host names.
Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.