VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-1999-0032

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.99%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published1996-10-25
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Buffer overflow in lpr, as used in BSD-based systems including Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root via a long -C (classification) command line option.

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