CVE-1999-1111

Published Nov 9, 1999

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

Description: Vulnerability in StackGuard before 1.21 allows remote attackers to bypass the Random and Terminator Canary security mechanisms by using a non-linear attack which directly modifies a pointer to a return address instead of using a buffer overflow to reach the return address entry itself.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.5
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:immunix:stackguard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "CE4FF4A5-0F12-458F-8635-7C93DCCC3870",
            "versionEndIncluding": "1.21"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References