Vulnerability in FreeBSD
CVE-2005-1406
The kernel in FreeBSD 4.x to 4.11 and 5.x to 5.4 does not properly clear certain fixed-length buffers when copying variable-length data for use by applications, which could allow those applications to read previously used sensitive memory.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (29.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 29.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- FreeBSD — versions 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2256 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/17368 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Oct/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15252 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/13526 (vdb-entry)