CVE-1999-0964

FreeBSD - Buffer Overflow in setlocale via PATH_LOCALE Environment Variable

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Buffer overflow in FreeBSD setlocale in the libc module allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long PATH_LOCALE environment variable.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/6086

Scores

EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 23.5%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
freebsd/freebsd 2.1.6
Published Jan 01, 2000
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026