Description
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.
Published: 2002-03-09
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 1.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-1999-1092 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.
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Immunix Stackguard
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.746Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1111

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-11-09T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T21:49:44.603

Link: CVE-1999-1111

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