CVE-2001-1559
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 14, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:56 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenBSD
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (3)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-12/0014.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTBroken LinkExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://monkey.org/openbsd/archive/tech/0112/msg00015.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_XFBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7690.phpCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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