CVE-1999-1477: Gnome Libs

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in GNOME libraries 1.0.8 allows local user to gain root access via a long --espeaker argument in programs such as nethack.

Affected products

• Gnome Gnome Libs: version 1.0.8 only
• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: version 6.0 only

Published 1999-09-23. Last modified 2026-06-16.