{"id":"CVE-2018-6920","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-6920","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:10:29.507Z","title":"In FreeBSD before 11.1-STABLE(r332303), 11.1-RELEASE-p10, 10.4-STABLE(r332321), and 10.4-RELEASE-p9, due to insufficient initialization of memory copied to userland in the Linux subsystem and Atheros wireless driver, small amounts of kernel memory may…","description":"In FreeBSD before 11.1-STABLE(r332303), 11.1-RELEASE-p10, 10.4-STABLE(r332321), and 10.4-RELEASE-p9, due to insufficient initialization of memory copied to userland in the Linux subsystem and Atheros wireless driver, small amounts of kernel memory may be disclosed to userland processes. Unprivileged authenticated local users may be able to access small amounts of privileged kernel data.","published":"2018-05-08T19:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:02:28.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secteam@freebsd.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["freebsd/freebsd"],"epss":{"score":0.00307,"percentile":0.23341,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.31%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104114","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secteam@freebsd.org"},{"url":"https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-18:05.mem.asc","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secteam@freebsd.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104114","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-18:05.mem.asc","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6920","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}