Vulnerability in FreeBSD
CVE-2006-0379
FreeBSD kernel 5.4-STABLE and 6.0 does not completely initialize a buffer before making it available to userland, which could allow local users to read portions of kernel memory.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (29.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 29.5% 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 5.4, 6.0
References
- secunia.com/advisories/18599 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/22730 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24338 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16373 (vdb-entry)