# CVE-2002-2180

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2002-2180
- **Severity:** UNKNOWN
- **CVSS Score:** 0.01
- **CWE:** N/A
- **Published:** Nov 16, 2005
- **Last Modified:** Mar 16, 2026

## Description

The setitimer(2) system call in OpenBSD 2.0 through 3.1 does not properly check certain arguments, which allows local users to write to kernel memory and possibly gain root privileges, possibly via an integer signedness error.

## Affected Products

- n/a — n/a (n/a)

## References

- [CNA](ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.0/common/032_kerntime.patch)
- [CNA](http://www.openbsd.org/plus32.html)
- [CNA](http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10278.php)
- [CNA](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5861)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.14%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 34.8

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-17._