CVE-1999-1458: Digital Unix

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in at program in Digital UNIX 4.0 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

Affected products

• Digital Unix: version 4.0 only; version 4.0a only; version 4.0b only; version 4.0c only; version 4.0d only; version 4.0e only

Published 1999-01-25. Last modified 2026-06-16.