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CVE-2002-1420

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2003-04-11 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Integer signedness error in select() on OpenBSD 3.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary kernel memory via a negative value for the size parameter, which satisfies the boundary check as a signed integer, but is later used as an unsigned integer during a data copying operation.

Affected Platforms

Openbsd Openbsd

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References