critical9.8
CVE-1999-0199
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, whi…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Gnu | Glibc | before 2.2 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.2.tar.gz
- https://github.com/bminor/glibc/commit/2864e767053317538feafa815046fff89e5a16be#diff-94e8c502f255fdfc346df0e29fd4ef40
- https://www.cee.studio/tdelete.html
- https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.2.tar.gz
- https://github.com/bminor/glibc/commit/2864e767053317538feafa815046fff89e5a16be#diff-94e8c502f255fdfc346df0e29fd4ef40
- https://www.cee.studio/tdelete.html