CVE-1999-0199EPSS p83.5%

CVE-1999-0199CVE-1999-0199

gnu / glibc

Description

manual/search.texi in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.2 lacks a statement about the unspecified tdelete return value upon deletion of a tree's root, which might allow attackers to access a dangling pointer in an application whose developer was unaware of a documentation update from 1999.

Scoring

CVSS 9.8 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS2.40% probability of exploitation · percentile 83.5% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z
Last modified2026-09-25
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