{"id":"CVE-1999-0199","title":"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 …","summary":"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 …","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-252"],"vendor":"gnu","product":"glibc","affected":["glibc < 2.2"],"patched":["glibc 2.2"],"published":"2020-10-06","updated":"2026-09-25","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-25T20:10:00.123","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0199","references":[{"url":"https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.2.tar.gz","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/bminor/glibc/commit/2864e767053317538feafa815046fff89e5a16be#diff-94e8c502f255fdfc346df0e29fd4ef40","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.cee.studio/tdelete.html","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.2.tar.gz","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/bminor/glibc/commit/2864e767053317538feafa815046fff89e5a16be#diff-94e8c502f255fdfc346df0e29fd4ef40","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cee.studio/tdelete.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.02402,"epssPercentile":0.83314,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-25T20:17:49.404Z","slug":"CVE-1999-0199","body":"## Overview\n\nmanual/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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `glibc < 2.2`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `glibc 2.2`","depth":"midnight","depthScore":54,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":53.9,"likelihood":0.5,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}