CVE-2001-1559

MEDIUM

OpenBSD <3.1 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Marco Peereboom · cdosopenbsd
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21167

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0038
EPSS Percentile 59.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (2)
openbsd/openbsd 2.9
openbsd/openbsd 3.0
Published Dec 31, 2001
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026