CVE-1999-1363

Low

Published: 31/12/1999(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk

1.38%

68th percentile — higher than 68% of all known CVEs

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

Denial of service can lead to system downtime, affecting the availability of services for users and applications.

Recommendation

It is recommended to monitor and restrict access to file locking functions and implement appropriate security measures to prevent such attacks.

Original NVD description (English source)

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.