CVE-1999-0199
highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.024 · 84 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-26
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (2)
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references (10)
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- https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.2.tar.gzcnnvd
- https://github.com/bminor/glibc/commit/2864e767053317538feafa815046fff89e5a16be#diff-94e8c502f255fdfc346df0e29fd4ef40cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0199cnnvd
- https://www.cee.studio/tdelete.htmlcnnvd
- https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.2.tar.gzenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/bminor/glibc/commit/2864e767053317538feafa815046fff89e5a16be#diff-94e8c502f255fdfc346df0e29fd4ef40enisa_euvd
- https://www.cee.studio/tdelete.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.2.tar.gzProductVendor Advisorynvd
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