CVE-2001-1559 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting OpenBSD versions 2.9 and 3.0. It stems from incorrect user mode return values in the uipc system calls, leading to a null dereference. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring local user privileges, and resulting in high availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild (no KEV entry), public exploit code exists (EDB-21167), and it has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.