Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 8, 2014· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2014-3425

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
cpe:2.3:a:illinois:ncsa_mosaic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=2.0

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

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

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