What is CVE-2018-6925?

CVE-2018-6925 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-09-28.

How severe is CVE-2018-6925?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Freebsd

CVE-2018-6925

In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r338986), 11.2-RELEASE-p4, 11.1-RELEASE-p15, 10.4-STABLE(r338985), and 10.4-RELEASE-p13, due to improper maintenance of IPv6 protocol control block flags through various failure paths, an unprivileged authenticated local user may be able to cause a NULL pointer dereference causing the kernel to crash.

EPSS: 0.003 (24.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Freebsd — versions 10.x before 10.4-RELEASE-p13, 11.2 before 11.2-RELEASE-p4, 11.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

secteam@freebsd.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
secteam@freebsd.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6925?: CVE-2018-6925 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-09-28.
How severe is CVE-2018-6925?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.