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CVE-2018-6920

N/A
Published: May 8, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:02 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFreeBSD

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

In FreeBSD before 11.1-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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

FreeBSD· Freebsd
95%
10.0 ≤ v < 10.411.0 ≤ v < 11.1All supported versions of FreeBSD.
Affected range stops below 10.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 11.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No 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/104114
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-18:05.mem.asc

CVSS

2.1LOW[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200

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