MIT-SHM Extension Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CVE-2002-0164 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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.

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