Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

10 Linux Kernel CVEs in December 2002

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In December 2002, 10 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 3 were rated High severity and 1 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. December's 10 CVEs represent 67% of all 2002 Linux kernel CVEs .

10
Total CVEs
0
Critical
3
High
1
Medium
6
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — December 2002 10 CVEs
All (10) Critical (0) High (3) Medium (1) Low (6)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2002-1572 linux High 10.0 2002-12-31 Signed integer overflow in the bttv_read function in the bttv driver (bttv-driver.c) in Linux kernel before 2.4.20 has …
CVE-2002-1573 linux High 10.0 2002-12-31 Unspecified vulnerability in the pcilynx ieee1394 firewire driver (pcilynx.c) in Linux kernel before 2.4.20 has unknown…
CVE-2002-2016 linux High 7.2 2002-12-31 User-mode Linux (UML) 2.4.17-8 does not restrict access to kernel address space, which allows local users to execute ar…
CVE-2002-1826 linux Medium 4.6 2002-12-31 grsecurity 1.9.4 for Linux kernel 2.4.18 allows local users to bypass read-only permissions by using mmap to directly m…
CVE-2002-1963 linux Low 2.1 2002-12-31 Linux kernel 2.4.1 through 2.4.19 sets root's NR_RESERVED_FILES limit to 10 files, which allows local users to cause a …
CVE-2002-1571 linux Low 2.1 2002-12-31 The linux 2.4 kernel before 2.4.19 assumes that the fninit instruction clears all registers, which could lead to an inf…
CVE-2002-1976 linux Low 2.1 2002-12-31 ifconfig, when used on the Linux kernel 2.2 and later, does not report when the network interface is in promiscuous mod…
CVE-2002-2254 linux Low 2.1 2002-12-31 The experimental IP packet queuing feature in Netfilter / IPTables in Linux kernel 2.4 up to 2.4.19 and 2.5 up to 2.5.3…
CVE-2002-1380 linux Low 2.1 2002-12-23 Linux kernel 2.2.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by using the mmap() function with a PROT_REA…
CVE-2002-1319 linux Low 2.1 2002-12-11 The Linux kernel 2.4.20 and earlier, and 2.5.x, when running on x86 systems, allows local users to cause a denial of se…

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How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in December 2002?

10 Linux kernel CVEs were published in December 2002, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 3 High, and 1 Medium.

How does December 2002 compare to other months?

December 2002's 10 CVEs represent 67% of all 2002 Linux kernel CVEs. View the full 2002 breakdown →

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