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CVE-2002-0829
Integer overflow in the Berkeley Fast File System (FFS) in FreeBSD 4.6.1 RELEASE-p4 and earlier allows local users to access arbitrary…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.33%
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- mitre
Description
Integer overflow in the Berkeley Fast File System (FFS) in FreeBSD 4.6.1 RELEASE-p4 and earlier allows local users to access arbitrary file contents within FFS to gain privileges by creating a file that is larger than allowed by the virtual memory system.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.33% · top 74% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- 5399 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FreeBSD-SA-02:35.ffs (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDx_transferred
- 5073 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- freebsd-ffs-integer-overflow(9771) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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