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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 24, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2002-0973

CVE-2002-0973

Description

Integer signedness error in several system calls for FreeBSD 4.6.1 RELEASE-p10 and earlier may allow attackers to access sensitive kernel memory via large negative values to the (1) accept, (2) getsockname, and (3) getpeername system calls, and the (4) vesa FBIO_GETPALETTE ioctl.

Affected products

19
  • FreeBSD/FreeBSD19 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 18 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.2:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.3:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.3:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.4:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.5:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.5:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.6.1:release_p10:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.6:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <=4.6.1-RELEASE-p10

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

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