CVE-1999-1477 | GNOME 1.0.8 --espeaker memory corruption (EDB-19512 / XFDB-3349)
A vulnerability was found in GNOME 1.0.8. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument --espeaker as part of Long Argument leads to memory corruption.
This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-1477. Local access is required to approach this attack. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.
It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.