Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2001-0062 is an old local denial-of-service issue in FreeBSD procfs, with possible impact to other operating systems not confirmed here. A local user could trigger a kernel hang, disrupting system availability. There is no sourced evidence of active exploitation in the provided material.
Executive priority
Treat as a legacy-system availability risk. It is not a top emergency without exposed untrusted local users, but unsupported FreeBSD systems should be reviewed because a local user could hang the kernel and disrupt services.
Technical view
The CVE describes procfs allowing local users to call mmap on the process's own mem file, causing the kernel to hang. The record names FreeBSD and says possibly other operating systems. No CVSS, CWE, affected version range, patch, or vendor advisory details are provided in the source bundle.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most relevant to legacy FreeBSD systems using procfs and allowing untrusted local users. The affected version range is not specified. The phrase “possibly other operating systems” is not enough to confirm exposure beyond FreeBSD without vendor-specific evidence.
Exploitation context
Exploitation requires local user access according to the CVE description. The impact is denial of service through a kernel hang, not remote code execution or data theft. The CVE is not listed as KEV in the provided bundle.
Researcher notes
The public record is sparse: no CVSS, affected versions, or patch details are included. Avoid assuming impact beyond FreeBSD without corroborating vendor sources. IBM X-Force is listed as a vulnerability database reference, but the bundle provides no exploitation or remediation detail.
Mitigation direction
- Identify FreeBSD systems, especially legacy deployments, where procfs is present.
- Check current FreeBSD or OS vendor guidance for fixed versions or supported mitigations.
- Limit untrusted local shell access on potentially affected systems.
- Prioritize upgrade or replacement of unsupported legacy systems.
Validation and detection
- Inventory FreeBSD hosts and record OS versions and support status.
- Determine whether procfs is configured or in use on those systems.
- Review local-user exposure, including shared shell, hosting, or lab systems.
- Check vendor advisories or release notes for CVE-2001-0062 references.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- procfs-mmap-dos(6107)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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