CVE-1999-0192 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in telnet daemon tgetent routing allows remo)
Buffer overflow in telnet daemon tgetent routing allows remote attackers to gain root access via the TERMCAP environmental variable.
| CVE ID | CVE-1999-0192 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 10.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 1997-10-18 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in telnet daemon tgetent routing allows remote attackers to gain root access via the TERMCAP environmental variable. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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