Medium severity · published Sep 28, 2018
CVE-2018-17154
In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r338987), 11.2-RELEASE-p4, and 11.1-RELEASE-p15, due to insufficient memory checking in the freebsd4_getfsstat system call, a NULL pointer…
5.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r338987), 11.2-RELEASE-p4, and 11.1-RELEASE-p15, due to insufficient memory checking in the freebsd4_getfsstat system call, a NULL pointer dereference can occur. Unprivileged authenticated local users may be able to cause a denial of service.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 25% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FR
Freebsd · Freebsd
before 11.2; 11.1; 11.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17154
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17154
Patch
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-18:10.syscall.asc
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