CVE-2014-3426

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Published May 8, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 2.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

NCSA Mosaic 2.1 through 2.7b5 allows local users to cause a denial of service ("remote control" outage) by creating a /tmp/Mosaic.pid file for every possible PID.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:illinois:ncsa_mosaic:2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:illinois:ncsa_mosaic:2.7:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:illinois:ncsa_mosaic:2.7:b5::::::

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-3439	NCSA Mosaic 2.1 through 2.7b5 allows local users to cause a denial of service ("remote control" outage) by creating a /tmp/Mosaic.pid file for every possible PID.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.288% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-diffs/2014-05/msg00057.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/07/7

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Illinois Ncsa Mosaic

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 10:43 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 8, 2014, 10:00 AM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 10:43 AM
Reserved: May 7, 2014, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:08 AM

Status: Modified
Published: May 8, 2014, 10:55 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:08 AM

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