VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2002-1380

CVSS score2.1 LOW
EPSS probability0.87%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2002-12-23
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

Linux kernel 2.2.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by using the mmap() function with a PROT_READ parameter to access non-readable memory pages through the /proc/pid/mem interface.

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