Information disclosure in Freebsd

CVE-2017-1088

In FreeBSD before 11.1-STABLE, 11.1-RELEASE-p4, 11.0-RELEASE-p15, 10.4-STABLE, 10.4-RELEASE-p3, and 10.3-RELEASE-p24, the kernel does not properly clear the memory of the kld_file_stat structure before filling the data. Since the structure filled by the kernel is allocated on the kernel stack and copied to userspace, a leak of information from the kernel stack is possible. As a result, some bytes from the kernel stack can be observed in userspace.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.004 (31.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

  • Freebsd — versions All supported versions of FreeBSD

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1088?
CVE-2017-1088 is a low-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2017-11-16.
How severe is CVE-2017-1088?
Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.