CVE-2014-3952: freebsd

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-3952 is a medium (CVSS 4.9) vulnerability in freebsd. EPSS estimates a 0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 15-07-2014
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

FreeBSD 8.4 before p14, 9.1 before p17, 9.2 before p10, and 10.0 before p7 does not properly initialize the buffer between the header and data of a control message, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.