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CVE-1999-1442

CVE information

Published

25 years ago

Last Modified

5 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.2/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
10/10
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Complete

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
2.0.0 -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
2.1.0 -