CVE-1999-1564

Low

Published: 02/09/1999(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.36%

28th percentile — higher than 28% of all known CVEs

Summary

FreeBSD 3.2 and possibly other versions allow a local user to cause a denial of service (panic) by accessing an NFS v3 mounted directory from a large number of processes.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to crash the system, leading to service availability interruptions.

Recommendation

It is recommended to limit the number of processes that can access the NFS mounted directory and to monitor user activity.

Original NVD description (English source)

FreeBSD 3.2 and possibly other versions allows a local user to cause a denial of service (panic) with a large number accesses of an NFS v3 mounted directory from a large number of processes.