CVE-1999-0018

Exp

Buffer overflow in statd allows root privileges.

Published: 1997-12-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0018 is rated High Exploit Risk (88.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.48%, 95th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-0018

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19104 exploit_db edb 1997-11-24 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0018

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-21 10.18% 10.48% +0.30%
2 2026-06-15 11.55% 10.18% -1.37%
3 2026-02-09 — 11.55% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0018

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0018

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0018

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0018: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0018
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-1999-0018

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0018

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sgi irix 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 5.1 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 5.1.1 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 5.2 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 5.3 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 3.2 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 2.4 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.4:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 2.5 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5.1:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.4 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.5 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.5.1 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0018

URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/127 Exploit Patch
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