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CVE-1999-1435 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in libsocks5 library of Socks 5 (socks5) 1.0)

Buffer overflow in libsocks5 library of Socks 5 (socks5) 1.0r5 allows local users to gain privileges via long environmental variables.

CVE IDCVE-1999-1435
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.2
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published1998-07-10
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer overflow in libsocks5 library of Socks 5 (socks5) 1.0r5 allows local users to gain privileges via long environmental variables.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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