CVE-1999-0137: Fred N. Van Kempen Dip

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The dip program on many Linux systems allows local users to gain root access via a buffer overflow.

Affected products

• Fred N. Van Kempen Dip: version 3.3.7o only

Published 1996-07-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.