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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.2

CVE-2001-1185 json

Some AIO operations in FreeBSD 4.4 may be delayed until after a call to execve, which could allow a local user to overwrite memory of the n…

published 2001-12-10 24 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-1166

cvss
6.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Some AIO operations in FreeBSD 4.4 may be delayed until after a call to execve, which could allow a local user to overwrite memory of the new process and gain privileges.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21176)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

0.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21176 FreeBSD 4.4 - AIO Library Cross Process Memory Write local, 2001-12-10
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3661 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.2 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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