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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-1999-0789 json

Buffer overflow in AIX ftpd in the libc library.

published 1999-09-28 27 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-0770

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in AIX ftpd in the libc library.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-19532)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-19532 IBM AIX 4.3.2 - 'ftpd' Remote Buffer Overflow remote, 1999-09-28

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.