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Vulnerability details: VCID-dbdb-2y5h-aaag
Vulnerability ID VCID-dbdb-2y5h-aaag
Aliases CVE-1999-0199
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.8
Risk 4.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-252 Unchecked Return Value
CWE-1053 Missing Documentation for Design
System Score Found at
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rhbs low https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1885775
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0199
cvssv3 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0199
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0199
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-1999-0199.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-1999-0199
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-1999-0199
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.2.tar.gz
https://github.com/bminor/glibc/commit/2864e767053317538feafa815046fff89e5a16be#diff-94e8c502f255fdfc346df0e29fd4ef40
https://www.cee.studio/tdelete.html
1885775 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1885775
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-1999-0199 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0199
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-1999-0199.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0199
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0199
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0199
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.69155
EPSS Score 0.00677
Published At March 28, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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