CVE-2004-0618

FreeBSD 5.1 - Denial of Service via Unaligned Memory Address in execve System Call

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2004-0618. PoCs published by Marceta Milos.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit triggers a denial of service in FreeBSD/Alpha by passing a misaligned pointer to the execve() system call, causing a crash due to strict memory alignment requirements on the Alpha architecture.

Description

FreeBSD 5.1 for the Alpha processor allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via an execve system call with an unaligned memory address as an argument.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Marceta Milos · cdosfreebsd
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24233

This exploit triggers a denial of service in FreeBSD/Alpha by passing a misaligned pointer to the execve() system call, causing a crash due to strict memory alignment requirements on the Alpha architecture.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE/Alpha
Auth required
Prerequisites: Local interactive user-level access on FreeBSD/Alpha
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10596
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16499
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108816603102865&w=2

Scores

EPSS 0.0085
EPSS Percentile 53.5%

Details

Status published
Products (3)
freebsd/freebsd 4.10 release
freebsd/freebsd 5.1 (5 CPE variants)
freebsd/freebsd 5.2.1 release
Published Dec 06, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026