CVE-1999-0199
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 6, 2020 at 12:49 PM UTC
Updated: September 25, 2026 at 08:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGlibc
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCProductVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.2.tar.gzx_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/bminor/glibc/commit/2864e767053317538feafa815046fff89e5a16be#diff-94e8c502f255fdfc346df0e29fd4ef40x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.cee.studio/tdelete.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-252
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