CVE-1999-1385

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1996-12-19 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1385, 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 ppp program in FreeBSD 2.1 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a long HOME environment variable.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1385

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