Information disclosure in FreeBSD
CVE-2019-5601
In FreeBSD 12.0-STABLE before r347474, 12.0-RELEASE before 12.0-RELEASE-p7, 11.2-STABLE before r347475, and 11.2-RELEASE before 11.2-RELEASE-p11, a bug in the FFS implementation causes up to three bytes of kernel stack memory to be written to disk as uninitialized directory entry padding.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (74.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- FreeBSD — versions FreeBSD 12.0 before 12.0-RELEASE-p7 and 11.2 before 11.2-RELEASE-p11, 12.0, 11.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:10.ufs.asc (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/153523/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-10… (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-5601?
- CVE-2019-5601 is a medium-severity vulnerability in FreeBSD, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-07-03.
- How severe is CVE-2019-5601?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.