CVE-1999-1111

Vulnerability in StackGuard before 1.21 allows remote attackers to bypass the Random and Terminator Canary security mechanisms by using a non-linear attack which directly modifies a pointer to a return address instead of using a buffer overflow to reach the return address entry itself.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

1999-11-09

Last modified

2024-08-01

Affected products

• Stackguard (Immunix)

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94218618329838&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/786
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3524