CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-1999-0199

Unchecked Return Value

Published: Oct 06, 2020 | Modified: Dec 03, 2020
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu

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 trees root, which might allow attackers to access a dangling pointer in an application whose developer was unaware of a documentation update from 1999.

Weakness

The product does not check the return value from a method or function, which can prevent it from detecting unexpected states and conditions.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Glibc Gnu * 2.2 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References