CVE-2014-3880
The (1) execve and (2) fexecve system calls in the FreeBSD kernel 8.4 before p11, 9.1 before p14, 9.2 before p7, and 10.0 before p4 destroys the virtual memory address space and mappings for a process before all threads have terminated, which allows…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The (1) execve and (2) fexecve system calls in the FreeBSD kernel 8.4 before p11, 9.1 before p14, 9.2 before p7, and 10.0 before p4 destroys the virtual memory address space and mappings for a process before all threads have terminated, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (triple-fault and system reboot) via a crafted system call, which triggers an invalid page table pointer dereference.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 29th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- freebsd/freebsd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59034
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2952
- http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-14%3A06.exec.ascVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59034
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2952
- http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-14%3A06.exec.ascVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.