Vulnerability in Netbsd

CVE-2005-4783

kernfs_xread in kernfs_vnops.c in NetBSD before 20050831 does not check for a negative offset when reading the message buffer, which allows local users to read arbitrary kernel memory.

EPSS: 0.003 (26.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Netbsd — versions 1.6, 2.0, 2.0.3
  • N/a — versions n/a

References