CVE-1999-0199
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0199
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-1999-0199.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-1999-0199
- Downstream
- Published
- 2020-10-06T13:15:13Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-10T03:33:35.007450Z
- Severity
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- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.2.tar.gz
- https://github.com/bminor/glibc/commit/2864e767053317538feafa815046fff89e5a16be#diff-94e8c502f255fdfc346df0e29fd4ef40
- https://www.cee.studio/tdelete.html
- https://www.cee.studio/tdelete.html
- https://github.com/bminor/glibc/commit/2864e767053317538feafa815046fff89e5a16be#diff-94e8c502f255fdfc346df0e29fd4ef40
- https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.2.tar.gz