CVE-1999-1482

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1999-02-19 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1482, 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

SVGAlib zgv 3.0-7 and earlier allows local users to gain root access via a privilege leak of the iopl(3) privileges to child processes.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1482

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