CVE-1999-1518

Summary

CVE-1999-1518 is a vulnerability affecting operating systems with BSD 4.4 code-based shared memory implementations. This issue permits a user to cause a denial of service by allocating excessive memory using mmap or shmget, resulting in page faults and subsequent system instability. The vulnerability also enables memory limit bypass, allowing users to allocate more memory than the system's specified rlimits. This can lead to serious performance degradation and potential system crashes, making it essential for affected systems to be patched promptly.

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