CVE-1999-1441

Low CVSS 2.1

Published 1998-06-30 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1441, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

Linux 2.0.34 does not properly prevent users from sending SIGIO signals to arbitrary processes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by sending SIGIO to processes that do not catch it.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1441

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