CVE-2014-3426 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting NCSA Mosaic versions 2.1 through 2.7b5. A local attacker can exploit this by creating numerous /tmp/Mosaic.pid files, exhausting possible Process IDs and preventing the application from launching. This vulnerability has a low severity score (CVSS 2.1) due to its local attack vector and limited impact, resulting only in application unavailability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:illinois:ncsa_mosaic:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:illinois:ncsa_mosaic:2.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:illinois:ncsa_mosaic:2.7:b5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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