{"cve":"CVE-1999-1285","nvd":{"published":"1998-12-27T05:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T21:50:06.677","status":"Modified","description":"Linux 2.1.132 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by reading a large buffer from a random device (e.g. /dev/urandom), which cannot be interrupted until the read has completed.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91495921611500&w=2","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1472","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91495921611500&w=2","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1472"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:33:01.030757803+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-1999-1285","score":0.00338,"percentile":0.27214,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}