CVE-2001-1166

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

linprocfs on FreeBSD 4.3 and earlier does not properly restrict access to kernel memory, which allows one process with debugging rights on a privileged process to read restricted memory from that process.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Aug 21, 2001
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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