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CVE-1999-1435

• 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: 1998-07-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in libsocks5 library of Socks 5 (socks5) 1.0r5 allows local users to gain privileges via long environmental variables.

Affected products

• NEC Socks 5: 1.0r5

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221104525933&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/154
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221104525933&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/154

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