CVE-2002-1667

FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE and earlier - Denial of Service via msync on Unaccessed Memory Map

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The virtual memory management system in FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE and earlier does not properly check the existence of a VM object during page invalidation, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by calling msync on an unaccessed memory map created with MAP_ANON and MAP_NOSYNC flags.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_freebsd
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:22.mmap.asc
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8921

Scores

EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 18.1%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
freebsd/freebsd 4.5 release (2 CPE variants)
Published Dec 31, 2002
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026