CVE-1999-1442: Linux Kernel

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

Bug in AMD K6 processor on Linux 2.0.x and 2.1.x kernels allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a particular sequence of instructions, possibly related to accessing addresses outside of segments.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 2.0.0, up to and including 2.0.39; from 2.1.0, up to and including 2.1.132

Published 1998-06-22. Last modified 2026-06-16.