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CVE-2002-2188
OpenBSD before 3.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a call to getrlimit(2) with invalid arguments,…
Medium4.9EPSS 0.32%
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- mitre
Description
OpenBSD before 3.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a call to getrlimit(2) with invalid arguments, possibly due to an integer signedness error.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.32% · top 75% 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 4.9.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata31.html#kernresource (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 6124 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata30.html#kernresource (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openbsd-getrlimit-dos(10572) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .