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CVE-1999-0199

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

manual/search.texi in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.2 lacks a statement about the unspecified tdelete return value upon deletion of a tree's root, which might allow attackers to access a dangling pointer in an application whose developer was unaware of a documentation update from 1999.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published10/6/2020

Last Modified11/20/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

gnu:glibc

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-252

References

https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.2.tar.gz(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/bminor/glibc/commit/2864e767053317538feafa815046fff89e5a16be#diff-94e8c502f255fdfc346df0e29fd4ef40(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.cee.studio/tdelete.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.2.tar.gz(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/bminor/glibc/commit/2864e767053317538feafa815046fff89e5a16be#diff-94e8c502f255fdfc346df0e29fd4ef40(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cee.studio/tdelete.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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