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CVE-1999-1184

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FAUCET Score

CVE-1999-1184 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Elm 2.4 and earlier, allowing local users to gain elevated privileges by manipulating the TERM environment variable. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 4.6) has a local attack vector with low complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an exploit for this vulnerability is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:elm_development_group:elm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:elm_development_group:elm:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-22836 · May 13, 1997
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0060 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 3,049 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
marc.info