CVE-2014-3425

Published May 8, 2014

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

Description: NCSA Mosaic 2.0 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service ("remote control" outage) by creating a /tmp/xmosaic.pid file for every possible PID.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 2.1
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:illinois:ncsa_mosaic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "41E635D7-6C76-4D2A-9923-7C1784FD617C",
            "versionEndIncluding": "2.0"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References