Vulnerability in FreeBSD

CVE-2020-7453

In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r359021, 12.1-RELEASE before 12.1-RELEASE-p3, 11.3-STABLE before r359020, and 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p7, a missing null termination check in the jail_set configuration option "osrelease" may return more bytes with a subsequent jail_get system call allowing a malicious jail superuser with permission to create nested jails to read kernel memory.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (24.9th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 24.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-7453: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • FreeBSD — versions 11.3, 12.1
  • FreeBSD — versions 12.1-STABLE before r359021, 12.1-RELEASE before 12.1-RELEASE-p3, 11.3-STABLE before r359020, 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p7

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7453?
CVE-2020-7453 is a medium-severity vulnerability in FreeBSD, classified under Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2020-04-29.
How severe is CVE-2020-7453?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.