CVE-2001-1559
CVSS 5.5 - MEDIUM
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.
Affected Products
2| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| openbsd | openbsd |
2.9
|
| openbsd | openbsd |
3.0
|
References
Weakness Types
CWE-476
CVE Information
- CVE ID:
CVE-2001-1559- Published:
- 2001-12-31
- Modified:
- 2026-04-16
- CVSS Score:
- 5.5
- Severity:
- MEDIUM
- Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Vendors
openbsd
Quick Actions
CVSS Severity Scale
0.0 - 3.9
LOW
4.0 - 6.9
MEDIUM
7.0 - 8.9
HIGH
9.0 - 10.0
CRITICAL