CVE-1999-1182

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.43%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 1997-07-17 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE

CVE-1999-1182

Severity

HIGH

CVSS

7.2

EPSS

0.43%

Linux

Original NVD Description

Buffer overflow in run-time linkers (1) ld.so or (2) ld-linux.so for Linux systems allows local users to gain privileges by calling a setuid program with a long program name (argv[0]) and forcing ld.so/ld-linux.so to report an error.