CVE-2020-7457

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: July 9, 2020 at 01:46 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFreeBSD

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 33%

Description

In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r359565, 12.1-RELEASE before p7, 11.4-STABLE before r362975, 11.4-RELEASE before p1, and 11.3-RELEASE before p11, missing synchronization in the IPV6_2292PKTOPTIONS socket option set handler contained a race condition allowing a malicious application to modify memory after being freed, possibly resulting in code execution.

Affected

Remediation

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CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362CWE-416CWE-662

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