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CVE-1999-1048
Buffer overflow in bash 2.0.0, 1.4.17, and other versions allows local attackers to gain privileges by creating an extremely large…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.53%
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Description
Buffer overflow in bash 2.0.0, 1.4.17, and other versions allows local attackers to gain privileges by creating an extremely large directory name, which is inserted into the password prompt via the \w option in the PS1 environmental variable when another user changes into that directory.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.53% · top 55% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- 8345 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- linux-bash-bo(3414) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 19970821 Buffer overflow in /bin/bash (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 19980909 problem with very long pathnames (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 19980905 BASH buffer overflow, LiNUX x86 exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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