Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-1999-1166

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.

EPSS: 0.010 (60.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Linux Linux_kernel — versions 2.0.37
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Patch)