Vulnerability in Freebsd
CVE-2019-5612
In FreeBSD 12.0-STABLE before r351264, 12.0-RELEASE before 12.0-RELEASE-p10, 11.3-STABLE before r351265, 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p3, and 11.2-RELEASE before 11.2-RELEASE-p14, the kernel driver for /dev/midistat implements a read handler that is not thread-safe. A multi-threaded program can exploit races in the handler to copy out kernel memory outside the boundaries of midistat's data buffer.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
EPSS: 0.009 (56.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Freebsd — versions 11.2, 11.3, 12.0
- Netapp Clustered_data_ontap
- N/a Freebsd — versions before 12.0-RELEASE-p10, before 11.3-RELEASE-p3, before 11.2-RELEASE-p14
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secteam@freebsd.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
- secteam@freebsd.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-5612?
- CVE-2019-5612 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-08-30.
- How severe is CVE-2019-5612?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.