4.6
CVSSv2

CVE-1999-1184

Published: 13/05/1997 Updated: 18/10/2016
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.6 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 465
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

Buffer overflow in Elm 2.4 and previous versions allows local users to gain privileges via a long TERM environmental variable.

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Exploits

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/8030/info A buffer overrun has been discovered in Elm The problem occurs due to insufficient bounds checking performed before copying user-supplied data into an internal memory buffer Specifically, a TERM environment variable containing excessive data would cause a buffer within Elm to be overrun As Elm ...