CVE-1999-1518
FreeBSD - Denial of Service and Memory Limit Bypass via mmap or shmget
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-1999-1518. PoCs published by Mike Perry.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in systems with shared memory implementations based on 4.4BSD code. It bypasses resource limits by allocating excessive memory via mmap() or shmget() and triggering page faults to exhaust system memory.
Description
Operating systems with shared memory implementations based on BSD 4.4 code allow a user to conduct a denial of service and bypass memory limits (e.g., as specified with rlimits) using mmap or shmget to allocate memory and cause page faults.
Exploits (1)
This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in systems with shared memory implementations based on 4.4BSD code. It bypasses resource limits by allocating excessive memory via mmap() or shmget() and triggering page faults to exhaust system memory.