IBM points out a 19 year old bug in Windows, helps Microsoft to fix it

Microsoft Corp. has finally patched a critical bug in its software which
could have allowed hackers to take control of a PC.

The bug, which was first reported in 1999, was in the Windows operating system and could have allowed hackers to take control of a PC.

The bug was in the way Windows handled certain types of memory, which could have allowed hackers to take control