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CVE-2001-0993 — LOW severity vulnerability (sendmsg function in NetBSD 1.3 through 1.5 allows local user)

sendmsg function in NetBSD 1.3 through 1.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel trap or panic) via a msghdr structure with a large msg_controllen length.

CVE IDCVE-2001-0993
SeverityLOW
CVSS score2.1
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2001-07-24
Last modified2026-04-16
Descriptionsendmsg function in NetBSD 1.3 through 1.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel trap or panic) via a msghdr structure with a large msg_controllen length.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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