CVE-1999-0192

High CVSS 10

Published 1997-10-18 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-0192, 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 telnet daemon tgetent routing allows remote attackers to gain root access via the TERMCAP environmental variable.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-0192

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