CVE-1999-0199

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnu
Status
Glibc
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 October 2020

Summary

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.

References

https://www.cee.studio/tdelete.html
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https://github.com/bminor/glibc/commit/2864e767053317538f...
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https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.2.tar.gz
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EPSS Score

1% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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