CVE-1999-0032

Exp

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.

Published: 1996-10-25 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0032 is rated Exploit Available (58.4/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.22%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-0032

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19544 exploit_db edb 1996-10-25 Exploit-DB ↗
19545 exploit_db edb 1996-10-25 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0032

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.28% 0.22% -0.06%
2 2025-03-29 0.22% 0.28% +0.06%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.22% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0032

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0032

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0032

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0032: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0032

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0032

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sgi irix 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 5.1 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 5.1.1 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 5.2 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 5.3 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.1 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.2 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.3 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.4 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bsdi bsd_os 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.0 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.1.5 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
next nextstep 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:next:nextstep:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
next nextstep 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:next:nextstep:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 4.1.3u1 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3u1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 4.1.4 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0032

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