CVE-1999-1483: Svgalib

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in zgv in svgalib 1.2.10 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.

Affected products

• Svgalib Svgalib: up to and including 1.2.10

Published 1997-06-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.