VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2009-2649
The IATA (ata) driver in FreeBSD 6.0 and 8.0, when read access to /dev is available, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via a certain IOCTL request with a large count, which triggers a malloc call with a large value.
MEDIUM 4.7EPSS 0.78%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.78%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The IATA (ata) driver in FreeBSD 6.0 and 8.0, when read access to /dev is available, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via a certain IOCTL request with a large count, which triggers a malloc call with a large value.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.7 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.78% probability · 54th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- freebsd/freebsd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.