CVE-2002-2180

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.61%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2002-12-31 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE

CVE-2002-2180

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS

6.8

EPSS

0.61%

Original NVD 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.