CVE-1999-1482

Summary

CVE-1999-1482 is a vulnerability affecting SVGAlib's zgv version 3.0-7 and earlier. This issue allows local users to exploit a privilege leak, granting them elevated iopl(3) privileges. These privileges can be exploited by child processes to ultimately gain root access, posing a significant security risk. This vulnerability is a serious concern for systems running the affected version of SVGAlib, requiring immediate attention and patching to mitigate the risk.

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