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CVE-2002-0831

LOW CVSS: 2.1 Published: 2002-08-12 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The kqueue mechanism in FreeBSD 4.3 through 4.6 STABLE allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via a pipe call in which one end is terminated and an EVFILT_WRITE filter is registered for the other end.

Affected Platforms

Freebsd Freebsd

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References