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CVE-1999-1518

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 3.07%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 1999-07-15 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-1999-1518
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
3.07%

Original NVD 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.