CVE-2018-17154
N/A
Published: September 28, 2018 at 01:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:45 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFreeBSD
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r338987), 11.2-RELEASE-p4, and 11.1-RELEASE-p15, due to insufficient memory checking in the freebsd4_getfsstat system call, a NULL pointer dereference can occur. Unprivileged authenticated local users may be able to cause a denial of service.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Affected range stops below 11.1-RELEASE-p15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 11.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 11.2-RELEASE-p4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-18:10.syscall.ascQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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