CVE-2005-1406

Published May 6, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 4.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The kernel in FreeBSD 4.x to 4.11 and 5.x to 5.4 does not properly clear certain fixed-length buffers when copying variable-length data for use by applications, which could allow those applications to read previously used sensitive memory.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-1409 The kernel in FreeBSD 4.x to 4.11 and 5.x to 5.4 does not properly clear certain fixed-length buffers when copying variable-length data for use by applications, which could allow those applications to read previously used sensitive memory.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 9:51 PM
Reserved
May 3, 2005, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 6, 2005, 4:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:12 PM