Vulnerability Report

CVE-1999-0297

Title: CVE-1999-0297

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-1999-0297.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 12, 1996

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.40%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-1999-0297: Buffer overflow in Vixie Cron library up to version 3.0 allows local users to obtain root access via a long environmental variable.

Impacted Vendors

paul_vixie 1

Reference Links

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0297 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0297

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-1999-0297 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.