CVE-1999-0032

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1996-10-25 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-0032, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

Buffer overflow in lpr, as used in BSD-based systems including Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root via a long -C (classification) command line option.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-0032

CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C