CVE-1999-1442

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

22/06/1998

Last modified:

03/04/2025

Description

Bug in AMD K6 processor on Linux 2.0.x and 2.1.x kernels allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a particular sequence of instructions, possibly related to accessing addresses outside of segments.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	2.0.0 (including)	2.0.39 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	2.1.0 (including)	2.1.132 (including)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-1999-1442

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools