CVE-1999-0018: IBM Aix

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 10.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in statd allows root privileges.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 3.2 only; version 4.1 only
• Sgi Irix: version 5.0 only; version 5.0.1 only; version 5.1 only; version 5.1.1 only; version 5.2 only; version 5.3 only
• Sun Solaris: version 2.4 only; version 2.5 only; version 2.5.1 only
• Sun Sunos: version 5.4 only; version 5.5 only; version 5.5.1 only

Published 1997-12-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.