CVE-1999-1518

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Operating systems with shared memory implementations based on BSD 4.4 code allow a user to conduct a denial of service and bypass memory limits (e.g., as specified with rlimits) using mmap or shmget to allocate memory and cause page faults.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jul 15, 1999
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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