CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0234

Medium
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.39%

30th percentile - higher than 30% of all known CVEs

Summary

Bash treats any character with a value of 255 as a command separator, which can lead to unexpected behavior in scripts.

Risk Assessment

This may allow attackers to inject malicious commands into scripts, posing a serious security threat to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Bash to the latest version to mitigate the risks associated with this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

Bash treats any character with a value of 255 as a command separator.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS