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)
Scores
EPSS
0.0216
EPSS Percentile
84.3%
Details
Status
published
Products (20)
freebsd/freebsd
1.1.5.1
freebsd/freebsd
2.0
freebsd/freebsd
2.0.5
freebsd/freebsd
2.1.0
freebsd/freebsd
2.1.5
freebsd/freebsd
2.1.6
freebsd/freebsd
2.1.7.1
freebsd/freebsd
2.2.2
freebsd/freebsd
2.2.3
freebsd/freebsd
2.2.4
... and 10 more
Published
Jul 15, 1999
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026