CVE-2001-1559

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The uipc system calls (uipc_syscalls.c) in OpenBSD 2.9 and 3.0 provide user mode return instead of versus rval kernel mode values to the fdrelease function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service and trigger a null dereference.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-476

Affected software

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

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-12/0014.htmlBroken Link, Exploit
http://monkey.org/openbsd/archive/tech/0112/msg00015.htmlBroken Link, Exploit
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7690.phpBroken Link
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-12/0014.htmlBroken Link, Exploit
http://monkey.org/openbsd/archive/tech/0112/msg00015.htmlBroken Link, Exploit
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7690.phpBroken Link

Timeline

Published: Dec 31, 2001
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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