CVE-1999-1214 json
The asynchronous I/O facility in 4.4 BSD kernel does not check user credentials when setting the recipient of I/O notification, which allow…
published 1997-09-15 29 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-1195
- cvss
- 2.1
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 22%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The asynchronous I/O facility in 4.4 BSD kernel does not check user credentials when setting the recipient of I/O notification, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by using certain ioctl and fcntl calls to cause the signal to be sent to an arbitrary process ID.
Exploit prediction
0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-255 Credentials Management Errors
References
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openbsd.com
/advisories/signals.txt
vendor-advisory
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osvdb.org
/11062
vdb-entry
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exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/556
vdb-entry
Sources
- CVE List CVE-1999-1214
- NVD CVE-1999-1214
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