CVE-2006-5679
Integer overflow in the ffs_mountfs function in FreeBSD 6.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted UFS filesystem that causes invalid or large size parameters to be provided to the…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.02%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Integer overflow in the ffs_mountfs function in FreeBSD 6.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted UFS filesystem that causes invalid or large size parameters to be provided to the kmem_alloc function. NOTE: a third party states that this issue does not cross privilege boundaries in FreeBSD because only root may mount a filesystem.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.02% probability · 63th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- freebsd/freebsd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
- http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2007-January/004218.html
- http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-03-11-2006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22736Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24479Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/552136US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20918
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930Vendor Advisory
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
- http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2007-January/004218.html
- http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-03-11-2006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22736Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24479Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/552136US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20918
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.