CVE-1999-0297
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in Vixie Cron library up to version 3.0 allows local users to obtain root access via a long environmental variable.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.4% (32th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-1999-0297)
- Published
- December 12, 1996
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-1999-0297 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 1, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- bsdi / bsd os
- freebsd / freebsd
- netbsd / netbsd
- paul vixie / vixie cron
- redhat / linux
Certified products that may be affected
26 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 EUS - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11379-2024 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 NSS Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 4498 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 3939 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 OpenSSH Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 3891 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 OpenSSH Client Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 3892 - historical
See all 26 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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