CVE-1999-1442

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1998-06-22 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1442, 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

Bug in AMD K6 processor on Linux 2.0.x and 2.1.x kernels allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a particular sequence of instructions, possibly related to accessing addresses outside of segments.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1442

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