Description
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.
Published: 2020-10-06
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-1999-0199 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-01T16:27:57.864Z

Reserved: 2020-10-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-0199

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-10-06T13:15:13.087

Modified: 2024-11-20T23:28:06.727

Link: CVE-1999-0199

cve-icon Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 1999-11-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-1999-0199 - Bugzilla

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