CVE-2002-0766

OpenBSD 2.9 through 3.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) and gain root privileges by filling the kernel's file descriptor table and closing file descriptors 0, 1, or 2 before executing a privileged process, which is not properly handled when OpenBSD fails to open an alternate descriptor.

Scoring

CVSS base score
0.01
EPSS probability
0.18%
Published
2003-04-02
Last modified
2026-03-16

Affected products

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