What is CVE-2024-25940?

CVE-2024-25940 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under CWE-922. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2024-02-15.

How severe is CVE-2024-25940?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-25940 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Freebsd

CVE-2024-25940

`bhyveload -h <host-path>` may be used to grant loader access to the <host-path> directory tree on the host. Affected versions of bhyveload(8) do not make any attempt to restrict loader's access to <host-path>, allowing the loader to read…

EPSS: 0.005 (39.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Freebsd — versions 14.0, 14.0-RELEASE, 13.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-922

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

secteam@freebsd.org (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
secteam@freebsd.org (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-25940?: CVE-2024-25940 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under CWE-922. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2024-02-15.
How severe is CVE-2024-25940?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-25940 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.