CVE-1999-0199 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.2.tar.gz https://github.com/bminor/glibc/commit/2864e767053317538feafa815046fff89e5a16bediff-94e8c502f255fdfc346df0e29fd4ef40 https://www.cee.studio/tdelete.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8