CVE-1999-0740

Medium CVSS 6.4

Published 1999-08-19 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-0740, 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

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Linux in.telnetd telnet daemon through a malformed TERM environmental variable.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-0740

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