CVE-1999-1330 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-1999-1330?

CVE-1999-1330 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 9 Mar 2002.

Official description

The snprintf function in the db library 1.85.4 ignores the size parameter, which could allow attackers to exploit buffer overflows that would be prevented by a properly implemented snprintf.

Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1330?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Redhat Linux.

How do I fix CVE-1999-1330?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1330 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-1999-1330 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1330 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-wjfh-w4xm-h36r.