CVE-2005-0262: IBM Aix

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in ipl_varyon on AIX 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -d argument.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 5.1 only; version 5.2 only; version 5.3 only

Published 2005-05-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.