CVEvulnerability
CVE-1999-0199
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-10-06
- Last modified
- 2026-09-25
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-252
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• gnu glibc (< 2.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-252 Unchecked Return Value weakness
References
- https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.2.tar.gz Product, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/bminor/glibc/commit/2864e767053317538feafa815046fff89e5a16be#diff-94e8c502f255fdfc346df0e29fd4ef40 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cee.studio/tdelete.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.2.tar.gz Product, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/bminor/glibc/commit/2864e767053317538feafa815046fff89e5a16be#diff-94e8c502f255fdfc346df0e29fd4ef40 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cee.studio/tdelete.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory