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CVE-1999-0872

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Published: Aug 25, 1999Modified: Apr 16, 2026

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7.2
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 10.0
Source: NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in Vixie cron allows local users to gain root access via a long MAILTO environment variable in a crontab file.

Affected (11)

Show all products
1 product
Vixie Cron
1 product
Openlinux
1 product
Debian Linux
1 product
Linux
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Version 3.0_pl1
Configuration B
10 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Version 2.2
Debian
Version 2.1
Version 2.2
Redhat
Version 4.0
Version 4.1
Version 4.2
Version 5.0
Version 5.1
Version 5.2
Version 6.0

References (4)

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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