CVE-1999-1208: IBM Aix

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in ping in AIX 4.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 3.2.5 only; version 4.1 only; version 4.2 only

Published 1997-07-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.