Information disclosure in FreeBSD
CVE-2018-6919
In FreeBSD before 11.1-STABLE, 11.1-RELEASE-p9, 10.4-STABLE, 10.4-RELEASE-p8 and 10.3-RELEASE-p28, due to insufficient initialization of memory copied to userland, small amounts of kernel memory may be disclosed to userland processes. Unprivileged users may be able to access small amounts privileged kernel data.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (70.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 70.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- FreeBSD — versions All supported versions of FreeBSD.
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/103760 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-18:04.mem.asc (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-6919?
- CVE-2018-6919 is a high-severity vulnerability in FreeBSD, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-04-04.
- How severe is CVE-2018-6919?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.