CVE-2007-0978: IBM Aix

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

Buffer overflow in swcons in IBM AIX 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via long input data.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 5.3 only

Published 2007-02-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.