Unscored severity · published Dec 26, 2008
CVE-2008-5736
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in FreeBSD 6 before 6.4-STABLE, 6.3 before 6.3-RELEASE-p7, 6.4 before 6.4-RELEASE-p1, 7.0 before 7.0-RELEASE-p7, 7.1 before 7.1-RC2, and 7…
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CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in FreeBSD 6 before 6.4-STABLE, 6.3 before 6.3-RELEASE-p7, 6.4 before 6.4-RELEASE-p1, 7.0 before 7.0-RELEASE-p7, 7.1 before 7.1-RC2, and 7 before 7.1-PRERELEASE allow local users to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors related to function pointers that are "not properly initialized" for (1) netgraph sockets and (2) bluetooth sockets.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 68% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FR
Freebsd · Freebsd
6.0; 6.3; 6.3; 6.3; 6.3; 6.3; +11 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5736
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5736
Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/50936
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33209
Vendor Advisory
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:13.protosw.asc
Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8124
Third Party Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16951
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32976
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