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CVE-1999-1442

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.

Published

1998-06-22T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	≤ 2.0.39	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	≤ 2.1.132	Yes

References

http://uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9805.3/0855.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/Year-1998/1998-25/0816.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9805.3/0855.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/Year-1998/1998-25/0816.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)