CVE-2002-1380 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2002-1380?

CVE-2002-1380 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 Sep 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Linux kernel 2.2.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by using the mmap() function with a PROT_READ parameter to access non-readable memory pages through the /proc/pid/mem interface.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1380?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2002-1380?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2002-1380 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-1380 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as CVE-2002-1161, GHSA-jpp8-gpr8-2wc6.