CVE-1999-1314

Low

Published: 17/05/1996(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.33%

25th percentile — higher than 25% of all known CVEs

Summary

Vulnerability in the union file system in FreeBSD 2.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system reload) via a series of certain mount_union commands.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to disrupt system operation, leading to downtime and loss of service availability.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to a newer version of FreeBSD that is not vulnerable to this issue and to restrict access to mount_union commands for local users.

Original NVD description (English source)

Vulnerability in union file system in FreeBSD 2.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system reload) via a series of certain mount_union commands.