CVE-2002-0766

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

OpenBSD 2.9 through 3.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) and gain root privileges by filling the kernel's file descriptor table and closing file descriptors 0, 1, or 2 before executing a privileged process, which is not properly handled when OpenBSD fails to open an alternate descriptor.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
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References

Timeline

Published
Aug 12, 2002
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2002-0766: High severity, CVSS 7.2 | Vulnix