{"id":"CVE-2019-5605","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-5605","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:25:00.885Z","title":"In FreeBSD 11.3-STABLE before r350217, 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p1, and 11.2-RELEASE before 11.2-RELEASE-p12, due to insufficient initialization of memory copied to userland in the freebsd32_ioctl interface, small amounts of kernel memory may be…","description":"In FreeBSD 11.3-STABLE before r350217, 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p1, and 11.2-RELEASE before 11.2-RELEASE-p12, due to insufficient initialization of memory copied to userland in the freebsd32_ioctl interface, small amounts of kernel memory may be disclosed to userland processes. This may allow an attacker to leverage this information to obtain elevated privileges either directly or indirectly.","published":"2019-07-26T01:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:37:56.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secteam@freebsd.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-665"],"affected":["freebsd/freebsd"],"epss":{"score":0.02327,"percentile":0.83395,"date":"2026-10-26","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 (2.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153749/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-14.freebsd32.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secteam@freebsd.org"},{"url":"https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:14.freebsd32.asc","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secteam@freebsd.org"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190814-0003/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secteam@freebsd.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153749/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-14.freebsd32.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:14.freebsd32.asc","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190814-0003/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5605","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."}