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CVE-1999-1441

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FAUCET Score

CVE-1999-1441 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Linux Kernel version 2.0.34. This flaw allows local users to send SIGIO signals to arbitrary processes, potentially crashing applications that are not designed to handle such signals. Rated with a low CVSS score of 2.1, the attack requires local access and has a low impact, primarily affecting availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
49.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-19085 · Jun 30, 1998
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0070 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
securityfocus.com / bid/111