CVE-1999-1096: Kde

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in kscreensaver in KDE klock allows local users to gain root privileges via a long HOME environmental variable.

Affected products

• Kde Kde: version 1.0 only

Published 1998-05-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.