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CVE-2002-1380

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1380 describes a local denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Linux kernel versions 2.2.x. A local attacker can crash the system by using the mmap() function with PROT_READ on non-readable memory pages via the /proc/pid/mem interface. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access to achieve a partial availability impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-22105) exists, and there is no significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-22105 · Dec 17, 2002
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0087 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 6.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.0
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2002-1380

security flaw

Dec 17, 2002

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/10884
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-336
linuxsecurity.com / advisories/engarde_advisory-2976.html
mandrakesoft.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-088.html
securityfocus.com / bid/6420
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
trustix.net / errata/misc/2002/TSL-2002-0083-kernel.asc.txt