CVE-1999-0199
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 0.79%Published: 10/6/2020Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-1999-0199
Description
manual/search.texi in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.2 lacks a statement about the unspecified tdelete return value upon deletion of a tree's root, which might allow attackers to access a dangling pointer in an application whose developer was unaware of a documentation update from 1999.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/glibcfrom 0, < 2.2-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |