CVE-1999-0964

Published Jan 1, 2000

Last updated 16 years ago

Overview

Description: Buffer overflow in FreeBSD setlocale in the libc module allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long PATH_LOCALE environment variable.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.2
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "CA26ABBE-9973-45FA-9E9B-82170B751219"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References