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CVE-2014-3426

• 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 2.1 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

• Illinois Ncsa Mosaic: 2.1, 2.7, 2.7-b5

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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