CVE-1999-1363 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can crash Windows NT systems by exhausting NonPagedPool resources through excessive file locks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-1363?
CVE-1999-1363 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Nt, published on 9 Mar 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0 allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by running a program that creates a large number of locks on a file, which exhausts the NonPagedPool.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1363?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Windows Nt.
How do I fix CVE-1999-1363?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1363 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-1999-1363 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1363 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-r2f7-pcrq-mgm9.