VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2009-3527
Race condition in the Pipe (IPC) close function in FreeBSD 6.3 and 6.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or gain privileges via vectors related to kqueues, which triggers a use after free, leading to a NULL pointer dereference or…
MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.55%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.55%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Race condition in the Pipe (IPC) close function in FreeBSD 6.3 and 6.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or gain privileges via vectors related to kqueues, which triggers a use after free, leading to a NULL pointer dereference or memory corruption.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.55% probability · 45th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- freebsd/freebsd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://osvdb.org/58544
- http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:13.pipe.ascPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506449Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36375Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022982Patch
- http://osvdb.org/58544
- http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:13.pipe.ascPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506449Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36375Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022982Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.