VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2002-2180
CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.61%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2002-12-31
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
The setitimer(2) system call in OpenBSD 2.0 through 3.1 does not properly check certain arguments, which allows local users to write to kernel memory and possibly gain root privileges, possibly via an integer signedness error.
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory