CVE-2018-17156
N/A
Published: November 28, 2018 at 04:00 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 2%
Description
In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r340268) and 11.2-RELEASE-p5, due to incorrectly accounting for padding on 64-bit platforms, a buffer underwrite could occur when constructing an ICMP reply packet when using a non-standard value for the net.inet.icmp.quotelen sysctl.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106052x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitMitigationVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-18:13.icmp.ascQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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