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CVE-2002-0829

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Integer overflow in the Berkeley Fast File System (FFS) in FreeBSD 4.6.1 RELEASE-p4 and earlier allows local users to access arbitrary file contents within FFS to gain privileges by creating a file that is larger than allowed by the virtual memory system.

Affected products

• FreeBSD: through 4.6.1

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102865404413458&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9771.php
• http://www.osvdb.org/5073
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5399
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102865404413458&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9771.php
• http://www.osvdb.org/5073
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5399

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