Vulnerability in Freebsd

CVE-2019-5605

In FreeBSD 11.3-STABLE before r350217, 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p1, and 11.2-RELEASE before 11.2-RELEASE-p12, due to insufficient initialization of memory copied to userland in the freebsd32_ioctl interface, small amounts of kernel memory may be disclosed to userland processes. This may allow an attacker to leverage this information to obtain elevated privileges either directly or indirectly.

Vulnerability class: Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847)

EPSS: 0.023 (81.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

  • Freebsd — versions 11.3, and before 11.2-RELEASE-p12, 11.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5605?
CVE-2019-5605 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under Improper Initialization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-07-26.
How severe is CVE-2019-5605?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.