CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-1999-1477

Published: Sep 23, 1999 | Modified: Dec 19, 2017

CVSS 3.x

N/A

Source:

NVD

CVSS 2.x

7.2 HIGH

RedHat/V2

RedHat/V3

Ubuntu

Additional information

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1477
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Buffer overflow in GNOME libraries 1.0.8 allows local user to gain root access via a long –espeaker argument in programs such as nethack.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Gnome_libs	Gnome	1.0.8	1.0.8

References

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