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CVE-2002-0973

• 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: 2002-09-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Integer signedness error in several system calls for FreeBSD 4.6.1 RELEASE-p10 and earlier may allow attackers to access sensitive kernel memory via large negative values to the (1) accept, (2) getsockname, and (3) getpeername system calls, and the (4) vesa FBIO_GETPALETTE ioctl.

Affected products

• FreeBSD: 4.0, 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.1-release, 4.1.1-stable, 4.2 (+12)

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102976839728706&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9903.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5493
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102976839728706&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9903.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5493

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