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CVE-2001-1185

high

Description

Some AIO operations in FreeBSD 4.4 may be delayed until after a call to execve, which could allow a local user to overwrite memory of the new process and gain privileges.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/244583

http://www.osvdb.org/2001

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7693.php

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-12-10

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00133