CVE-1999-0041

CVSS 2.0 Score 7.5 of 10 (high)

Details

Published Feb 13, 1997
Updated: Nov 20, 2024

Summary

CVE-1999-0041 is a vulnerability affecting the Natural Language Service (NLS) component. This issue arises due to a buffer overflow problem, which enables an attacker to inject malicious data into the system beyond the intended boundary. This can result in unintended program behavior, including crashes or potentially executing arbitrary code. The vulnerability is significant as NLS is a core component of many Microsoft Windows operating systems, making a wide range of systems susceptible to exploitation.

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Affected Products

  • IBM AIX
  • Cray Unicos
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Affected Vendors

  • IBM Corporation
  • Red Hat
  • CRAY
  • GNU