CVE-1999-1439

LOW 2.1CVE-1999-1439 · Published 02/01/1998 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-1999-1439 is a LOW (CVSS 2.1) vulnerability affecting gcc (gcc).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.34%, higher than 27.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
gcc gcc	`= 2.7.2`	No fix yet

gcc 2.7.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary .i, .s, or .o files.

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