CVE-2020-7456

MEDIUM
6.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 9, 2020 at 06:44 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:24 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFreeBSDClustered Data ONTAP

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Severity
MEDIUM6.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%

Description

In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r361918, 12.1-RELEASE before p6, 11.4-STABLE before r361919, 11.3-RELEASE before p10, and 11.4-RC2 before p1, an invalid memory location may be used for HID items if the push/pop level is not restored within the processing of that HID item allowing an attacker with physical access to a USB port to be able to use a specially crafted USB device to gain kernel or user-space code execution.

Affected

Remediation

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References (2)

CVSS

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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