CVE-2014-3425

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-05-08 · updated 2026-06-17

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.

Affected products

Illinois Ncsa Mosaic: through 2.0

References

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

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