CVE-1999-1182

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1997-07-17 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1182, 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 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.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1182

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