CVE-2020-7458

Published Jul 9, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 1.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r362281, 11.4-STABLE before r362281, and 11.4-RELEASE before p1, long values in the user-controlled PATH environment variable cause posix_spawnp to write beyond the end of the heap allocated stack possibly leading to arbitrary code execution.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-28584 In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r362281, 11.4-STABLE before r362281, and 11.4-RELEASE before p1, long values in the user-controlled PATH environment variable cause posix_spawnp to write beyond the end of the heap allocated stack possibly leading to arbitrary code execution.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
freebsd
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 9:25 AM
Reserved
Jan 21, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 9, 2020, 2:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:24 AM