What is CVE-1999-0069?

CVE-1999-0069 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sun Sunos, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 1998-04-29.

How severe is CVE-1999-0069?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Sun Sunos

CVE-1999-0069

Solaris ufsrestore buffer overflow.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 1998-04-29 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Sun Sunos — versions 5.5, 5.5.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

www.osvdb.org/8158 (vdb-entry)
sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-1999-0069?: CVE-1999-0069 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sun Sunos, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 1998-04-29.
How severe is CVE-1999-0069?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.