CVE-1999-1477

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 25 years ago

1999-09-23 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-12-19 02:29:00

Affected Software

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 6.0

6.0

References

19990923 Linux GNOME exploit

Exploit, Vendor Advisory

663

Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

gnome-espeaker-local-bo(3349)

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