CVE-2005-4783
N/A
Published: April 14, 2006 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:19 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNetBSD
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
kernfs_xread in kernfs_vnops.c in NetBSD before 20050831 does not check for a negative offset when reading the message buffer, which allows local users to read arbitrary kernel memory.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (7)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/miscfs/kernfs/kernfs_vnops.cx_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/miscfs/kernfs/kernfs_vnops.c.diff?r1=1.110&r2=1.111&f=hMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2005/10/31/0000.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://releng.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/req-3.cgi?show=727Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_NETBSDPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0601-advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-001.txtQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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