CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1182

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.43%

34th percentile - higher than 34% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in run-time linkers (ld.so or 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.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability allows local users to escalate privileges, potentially leading to unauthorized access to the system and its resources.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the system and monitor and restrict access to setuid programs to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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