CVE-1999-0708: Infodrom Cfingerd

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in cfingerd allows local users to gain root privileges via a long GECOS field.

Affected products

• Infodrom Cfingerd: version 1.4.2 only

Published 1999-09-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.