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CVE-1999-1140

• 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: 1997-12-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in CrackLib 2.5 may allow local users to gain root privileges via a long GECOS field.

Affected products

• Alec Muffet Cracklib: 2.5

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88209041500913&w=2
• http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-97.16.CrackLib
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1539
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88209041500913&w=2
• http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-97.16.CrackLib
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1539

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