CVEvulnerability
CVE-1999-1166
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 1999-07-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
Linux 2.0.37 does not properly encode the Custom segment limit, which allows local users to gain root privileges by accessing and modifying kernel memory.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel 2.0.37
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/18156 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/523 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/18156 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/523 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory