Medium severity · published Dec 31, 2001
CVE-2001-1559
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…
5.5
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Openbsd · Openbsd
2.9; 3.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1559
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-1559
Broken Link
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-12/0014.html
Broken Link
http://monkey.org/openbsd/archive/tech/0112/msg00015.html
Broken Link
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7690.php
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