CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-1999-1166

Published: Jul 11, 1999 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025

CVSS 3.x

N/A

Source:

NVD

CVSS 2.x

7.2 HIGH

RedHat/V2

RedHat/V3

Ubuntu

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Additional information

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1166
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Linux 2.0.37 does not properly encode the Custom segment limit, which allows local users to gain root privileges by accessing and modifying kernel memory.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Linux_kernel	Linux	2.0.37 (including)	2.0.37 (including)

References

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