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.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- local
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- partial
- Integrity
- partial
- Availability
- partial
- Weaknesses
- NVD-CWE-Other
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- CALDERA
- Published
- 3/15/2002
- Last Modified
- 4/3/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
caldera : openlinux_servercaldera : openlinux_servercaldera : openlinux_workstationcaldera : openlinux_workstation
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