Vulnerability in Slackware Linux

CVE-1999-1489

Buffer overflow in TestChip function in XFree86 SuperProbe in Slackware Linux 3.1 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long -nopr argument.

Published 1997-03-04 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Slackware Linux — versions 3.1

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/364 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/6384 (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit)