CVE-2002-2016

HIGH 7.2CVE-2002-2016 · Published 31/12/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-2016 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting user-mode linux (user-mode linux).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 66.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
user-mode linux user-mode_linux	`= 2.4.17.8`	No fix yet

User-mode Linux (UML) 2.4.17-8 does not restrict access to kernel address space, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code.

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