CVE-2018-17155

MEDIUM

FreeBSD <11.2-STABLE - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r338983), 11.2-RELEASE-p4, 11.1-RELEASE-p15, 10.4-STABLE(r338984), and 10.4-RELEASE-p13, due to insufficient initialization of memory copied to userland in the getcontext and swapcontext system calls, small amounts of kernel memory may be disclosed to userland processes. Unprivileged authenticated local users may be able to access small amounts privileged kernel data.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-18:12.mem.asc

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 16.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (4)
freebsd/freebsd 10.4 (2 CPE variants)
freebsd/freebsd 11.1 p15
freebsd/freebsd 11.2 p4
freebsd/freebsd < 11.2
Published Sep 28, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026