CVE-1999-0192

Exp

Buffer overflow in telnet daemon tgetent routing allows remote attackers to gain root access via the TERMCAP environmental variable.

Published: 1997-10-18 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0192 is rated High Exploit Risk (88.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.04%, 95th percentile). 2 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-1999-0192

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19465 exploit_db edb 1999-08-18 Exploit-DB ↗
19464 exploit_db edb 1999-08-18 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0192

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 2026-06-26 9.85% 10.04% +0.19%
2 2026-06-15 6.66% 9.85% +3.19%
3 2025-03-30 — 6.66% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0192

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
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.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0192

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0192

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0192: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0192

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0192

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 5.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 5.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.2:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware_linux 3.2 cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware_linux 3.3 cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware_linux 3.4 cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware_linux 3.5 cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware_linux 3.6 cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware_linux 3.9 cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware_linux 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0192

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