CVE-1999-0965: X.org x11

Medium severity, CVSS 6.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Race condition in xterm allows local users to modify arbitrary files via the logging option.

Affected products

• X.org x11: before 5.0 (fixed in 5.0); version 5.0 only

Published 1997-09-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.