7.1high
CVE-2018-6924
In FreeBSD before 11.1-STABLE, 11.2-RELEASE-p3, 11.1-RELEASE-p14, 10.4-STABLE, and 10.4-RELEASE-p12, insufficient validation in the ELF hea…
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.1
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.4%
percentile 35%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
In FreeBSD before 11.1-STABLE, 11.2-RELEASE-p3, 11.1-RELEASE-p14, 10.4-STABLE, and 10.4-RELEASE-p12, insufficient validation in the ELF header parser could allow a malicious ELF binary to cause a kernel crash or disclose kernel memory.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.41% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C |
Affected products
- FreeBSD FreeBSD
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
References
- securitytracker.com /id/1041646 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
- security.freebsd.org /advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:12.elf.asc · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FREEBSD, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-6924
- NVD: CVE-2018-6924
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