CVE-1999-0022 json
Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function.
published 1996-07-03 30 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-0022
- cvss
- 7.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 42%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function.
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
0.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- sgi irix
- bsdi bsd_os
- freebsd freebsd
- hp hp-ux
- ibm aix
- sun solaris
- sun sunos
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-1999-0022
- NVD CVE-1999-0022
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