CVE-1999-0034

Exp

Buffer overflow in suidperl (sperl), Perl 4.x and 5.x.

Published: 1997-05-29 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0034 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.35%). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-0034

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
200 exploit_db edb 2000-11-21 Exploit-DB ↗
19547 exploit_db edb 1997-04-17 Exploit-DB ↗
19546 exploit_db edb 1997-04-17 Exploit-DB ↗
320 exploit_db edb 1996-06-01 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0034

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 2025-08-07 0.23% 0.35% +0.11%
2 2025-03-30 0.31% 0.23% -0.08%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.31% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0034

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-1999-0034

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0034

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0034: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0034

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0034

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
larry_wall perl 5.3 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi freeware 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:freeware:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi freeware 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:freeware:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bsdi bsd_os 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bsdi bsd_os 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 4.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0034

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