CVE-1999-1371: Sun Sunos

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in /usr/bin/write in Solaris 2.6 and 7 allows local users to gain privileges via a long string in the terminal name argument.

Affected products

• Sun Sunos: affected versions not specified; version 5.5.1 only; version 5.7 only

Published 1999-03-08. Last modified 2026-06-16.