CVE-1999-0304 describes a critical vulnerability in the mmap function of BSD-based operating systems, including FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and BSDi. This flaw allows local attackers within the kmem group to modify system memory, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), it is easily exploitable with low attack complexity and no authentication required. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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