CVE-2002-1490 json
NetBSD 1.4 through 1.6 beta allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via a series of calls to the TIOCSCTTY ioctl, wh…
published 2003-04-02 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-1473
- cvss
- 2.1
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 26%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
NetBSD 1.4 through 1.6 beta allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via a series of calls to the TIOCSCTTY ioctl, which causes an integer overflow in a structure counter and sets the counter to zero, which frees memory that is still in use by other processes.
Patch / fix
- securityfocus.com/bid/5722 advisory
- iss.net/security_center/static/10115.php advisory
Exploit prediction
0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
References
-
securityfocus.com
/bid/5722
vdb-entry, patch, vendor-advisory
-
iss.net
/security_center/static/10115.php
vdb-entry, patch, vendor-advisory
-
osvdb.org
/7566
vdb-entry
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2002-1490
- NVD CVE-2002-1490
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