CVE-2004-0602: Freebsd

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The binary compatibility mode for FreeBSD 4.x and 5.x does not properly handle certain Linux system calls, which could allow local users to access kernel memory to gain privileges or cause a system panic.

Affected products

• Freebsd Freebsd: version 4.0 only; version 5.0 only

Published 2004-12-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.