VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-1999-1406

CVSS score2.1 LOW

EPSS probability0.37%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published1998-07-29

Last modified2026-06-16

Description

dumpreg in Red Hat Linux 5.1 opens /dev/mem with O_RDWR access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by redirecting fd 1 (stdout) to the kernel.