CVE-1999-0192 — Buffer overflow in telnet daemon tgetent routing allows remote attackers to gain root access via the TERMCAP environmental variable

Buffer overflow in telnet daemon tgetent routing allows remote attackers to gain root access via the TERMCAP environmental variable

Published Sep 29, 1999

No CVSS score

EPSS 10.04%

Buffer overflow in telnet daemon tgetent routing allows remote attackers to gain root access via the TERMCAP environmental variable.

No remediation recorded yet.

10.04% 0.10041

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.10041

2022–2026

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	10.04% (0.10041)	95.49th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	9.85% (0.09854)	94.94th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	6.66% (0.06660)	90.30th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	9.28% (0.09283)	87.78th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	6.15% (0.06149)	90.12th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	4.53% (0.04529)	92.80th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	4.53% (0.04529)	92.17th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	4.14% (0.04141)	90.84th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.19% (0.04187)	87.39th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	86.11th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	69.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

Link	Providers	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0192		x_refsource_MISC

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 29, 1999

Updated Aug 1, 2024

Reserved Jun 7, 1999

Updated n/a

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Severity n/a

Public date n/a