VulnerabilityModified
CVE-1999-0137
The dip program on many Linux systems allows local users to gain root access via a buffer overflow.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.85%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.85%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The dip program on many Linux systems allows local users to gain root access via a buffer overflow.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.85% probability · 56th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- fred n. van kempen/dip
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.