CVE-1999-1477

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1999-09-23 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1477, 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 GNOME libraries 1.0.8 allows local user to gain root access via a long --espeaker argument in programs such as nethack.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1477

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