linux_GNOME_exploit.txt

Greetings, Virtually any program using the GNOME libraries is vulnerable to a buffer overflow attack. The attack comes in the form: /path/to/gnome/prog --enable-sound --espeaker=$80bytebuffer The following exploit should work against any GNOME program, though I tried it on the irony...

CVE-1999-1477

Buffer overflow in GNOME libraries 1.0.8 allows local user to gain root access via a long --espeaker argument in programs such as nethack...