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CVE-1999-1182

• 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: 1997-07-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in run-time linkers (1) ld.so or (2) ld-linux.so for Linux systems allows local users to gain privileges by calling a setuid program with a long program name (argv[0]) and forcing ld.so/ld-linux.so to report an error.

Affected products

• Caldera Openlinux Lite: 1.1
• Debian Linux: 4.0
• Delix Dld: 5.2
• Lst Power Linux: 2.2
• RedHat Linux: 4.0, 4.1, 4.2
• Suse Linux: 5.0

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602661419318&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602661419351&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88661732807795&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602661419318&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602661419351&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88661732807795&w=2

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