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CVE-1999-1107

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1998-11-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in kppp in KDE allows local users to gain root access via a long PATH environmental variable.

Affected products

• Kde: 1.0

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91141486301691&w=2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1650
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91141486301691&w=2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1650

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