CVE-1999-1482: Svgalib Zgv

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

SVGAlib zgv 3.0-7 and earlier allows local users to gain root access via a privilege leak of the iopl(3) privileges to child processes.

Affected products

• Svgalib Zgv: up to and including 3.0.7

Published 1999-02-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.