CVE-1999-0872

N/A

Published: February 4, 2000 at 05:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:49 PM UTC

4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxLinuxOpenlinux

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.4%

Description

Buffer overflow in Vixie cron allows local users to gain root access via a long MAILTO environment variable in a crontab file.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Openlinux · Caldera

95%

2.2

Debian Linux · Debiandrupal

95%

2.1 2.2

Vixie Cron · Paul Vixie

95%

3.0_pl1

Linux · Red Hat

95%

4.0 4.1 4.2 5.0 5.1 5.2 6.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/611

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/759

CVSS

7.2HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

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StatusMODIFIED

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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