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CVE-2002-2188 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (OpenBSD before 3.2 allows local users to cause a denial of s)

OpenBSD before 3.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a call to getrlimit(2) with invalid arguments, possibly due to an integer signedness error.

CVE IDCVE-2002-2188
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score4.9
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2002-12-31
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionOpenBSD before 3.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a call to getrlimit(2) with invalid arguments, possibly due to an integer signedness error.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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