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CVE-1999-0022

Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function.

7.2 High

Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function.

Exploit likelihood

0.49%Down 0.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List 7.8

Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function.

Record
CVE-1999-0022
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-125
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-1999-0022 7.8

Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function.

Record
EUVD-1999-0022
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r96j-7gxg-wp39 7.8

Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function.

Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function.

Record
GHSA-r96j-7gxg-wp39
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-121, CWE-125
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 7.8

Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function.

Record
CVE-1999-0022
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.2 HighAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-125
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
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aliasesEUVD
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In short

CVE-1999-0022 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Bsdi Bsd Os, published July 3, 1996. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.49%, the 42nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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