CVE-2018-17160

CRITICAL

FreeBSD <11.2-STABLE(r341486) and 11.2-RELEASE-p6 - RCE

Title source: llm

Description

In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r341486) and 11.2-RELEASE-p6, insufficient bounds checking in one of the device models provided by bhyve can permit a guest operating system to overwrite memory in the bhyve host possibly permitting arbitrary code execution. A guest OS using a firmware image can cause the bhyve process to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host as root.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_freebsd

https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:14.bhyve.asc

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106210

Scores

CVSS v3 10.0

EPSS 0.0086

EPSS Percentile 75.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-787

Status published

Products (2)

freebsd/freebsd 11.2 p5

freebsd/freebsd < 11.2

Published Dec 04, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026