CVE-2002-2180
CVSS 6.8 - MEDIUM
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.
Affected Products
12| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| openbsd | openbsd |
2.0
|
| openbsd | openbsd |
2.1
|
| openbsd | openbsd |
2.2
|
| openbsd | openbsd |
2.3
|
| openbsd | openbsd |
2.4
|
| openbsd | openbsd |
2.5
|
| openbsd | openbsd |
2.6
|
| openbsd | openbsd |
2.7
|
| openbsd | openbsd |
2.8
|
| openbsd | openbsd |
2.9
|
| openbsd | openbsd |
3.0
|
| openbsd | openbsd |
3.1
|
References
Weakness Types
NVD-CWE-Other
CVE Information
- CVE ID:
CVE-2002-2180- Published:
- 2002-12-31
- Modified:
- 2026-04-16
- CVSS Score:
- 6.8
- Severity:
- MEDIUM
- Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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