Vulnerability in Gnome Libs
CVE-1999-1477
Buffer overflow in GNOME libraries 1.0.8 allows local user to gain root access via a long --espeaker argument in programs such as nethack.
EPSS: 0.011 (61.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Gnome Gnome_libs — versions 1.0.8
- Mandrakesoft Mandrake_linux — versions 6.0
- 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, Exploit, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)