CVE-2001-0062

LowCVSS 2.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

procfs in FreeBSD and possibly other operating systems allows local users to cause a denial of service by calling mmap on the process' own mem file, which causes the kernel to hang.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 2.1/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.osvdb.org/1698
http://www.osvdb.org/6082
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2131Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6107
http://www.osvdb.org/1698
http://www.osvdb.org/6082
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2131Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6107

Timeline

Published: Feb 12, 2001
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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