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CVE-2002-0766

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.59%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2002-08-12 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2002-0766
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
0.59%

Original NVD Description

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.