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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-1999-0768 json

Buffer overflow in Vixie Cron on Red Hat systems via the MAILTO environmental variable.

published 1999-08-25 27 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-0749

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in Vixie Cron on Red Hat systems via the MAILTO environmental variable.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-19470)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-19470 RedHat Linux 4.2/5.2/6.0 / S.u.S.E Linux 6.0/6.1 - Cron Buffer Overflow (2) local, 1999-08-25
  • EDB-19469 RedHat Linux 4.2/5.2/6.0 / S.u.S.E Linux 6.0/6.1 - Cron Buffer Overflow (1) local, 1999-08-30

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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