CVE-2004-0114

Published Sep 1, 2004 CVSS 2.0 · 4.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The shmat system call in the System V Shared Memory interface for FreeBSD 5.2 and earlier, NetBSD 1.3 and earlier, and OpenBSD 2.6 and earlier, does not properly decrement a shared memory segment's reference count when the vm_map_find function fails, which could allow local users to gain read or write access to a portion of kernel memory and gain privileges.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2004-0114 The shmat system call in the System V Shared Memory interface for FreeBSD 5.2 and earlier, NetBSD 1.3 and earlier, and OpenBSD 2.6 and earlier, does not properly decrement a shared memory segment's reference count when the vm_map_find function fails, which could allow local users to gain read or write access to a portion of kernel memory and gain privileges.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 8, 2024, 12:10 AM
Reserved
Feb 3, 2004, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 3, 2004, 5:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:04 PM