CVE-2018-6924

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Published Sep 12, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

In FreeBSD before 11.1-STABLE, 11.2-RELEASE-p3, 11.1-RELEASE-p14, 10.4-STABLE, and 10.4-RELEASE-p12, insufficient validation in the ELF header parser could allow a malicious ELF binary to cause a kernel crash or disclose kernel memory.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

FreeBSD

FreeBSD

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`before 11.1-STABLE, 11.2-RELEASE-p3, 11.1-RELEASE-p14, 10.4-STABLE, and 10.4-RELEASE-p12`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-18668	In FreeBSD before 11.1-STABLE, 11.2-RELEASE-p3, 11.1-RELEASE-p14, 10.4-STABLE, and 10.4-RELEASE-p12, insufficient validation in the ELF header parser could allow a malicious ELF binary to cause a kernel crash or disclose kernel memory.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.406% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041646
https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:12.elf.asc

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Freebsd Freebsd

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 7:30 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: freebsd
Published: Sep 12, 2018, 3:00 PM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 7:30 PM
Reserved: Feb 12, 2018, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:02 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 12, 2018, 2:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:02 AM

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