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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.6

CVE-1999-1184 json

Buffer overflow in Elm 2.4 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a long TERM environmental variable.

published 1997-05-13 29 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-1165

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in Elm 2.4 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a long TERM environmental variable.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-22836)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-22836 Elm 2.3/2.4 - TERM Environment Variable Local Buffer Overrun local, 1997-05-13

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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