CVE-2002-1668

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

HP-UX 11.11 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel deadlock), due to a "file system weakness" that is possibly via an mmap() system call and performing an I/O operation using data from the mapped buffer on the file descriptor for the mapped file.

Affected products

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HP-UX: 11.00, 11.0.4, 11.11
Hp-Ux Series 700: 10.20
Hp-Ux Series 800: 10.20

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/3770
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3817
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7844
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/3770
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3817
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7844

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