Description
Vulnerability in the MIT-SHM extension of the X server on Linux (XFree86) 4.2.1 and earlier allows local users to read and write arbitrary shared memory, possibly to cause a denial of service or gain privileges.
Published: 2002-04-05
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Remediation

No remediation available yet.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2002-0163 Vulnerability in the MIT-SHM extension of the X server on Linux (XFree86) 4.2.1 and earlier allows local users to read and write arbitrary shared memory, possibly to cause a denial of service or gain privileges.
History

No history.

Subscriptions

Caldera Openlinux Server Openlinux Workstation
Redhat Enterprise Linux Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:42:27.955Z

Reserved: 2002-04-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0164

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-03-15T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-0164

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2002-05-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2002-0164 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses