CVE-1999-0773: Sun Solaris

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in Solaris lpset program allows local users to gain root access.

Affected products

• Sun Solaris: version 2.6 only; version 7.0 only
• Sun Sunos: affected versions not specified; version 5.7 only

Published 1999-05-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.