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CVE-2014-3425

Status: ModifiedLow (2.1)—

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.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Illinois — Ncsa Mosaic

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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