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CVE-1999-0199

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.8 Published: 2020-10-06 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

manual/search.texi in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.2 lacks a statement about the unspecified tdelete return value upon deletion of a tree's root, which might allow attackers to access a dangling pointer in an application whose developer was unaware of a documentation update from 1999.

Affected Platforms

Gnu Glibc

Weakness Type

CWE-252

References