CVE-1999-1518

high

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2351

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/526

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93207728118694&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 1999-07-15

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.04472