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GHSA-VC7V-9GHJ-GP9F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 02:46 – Updated: 2025-04-12 12:58

Details

Integer signedness error in the amd64_set_ldt function in sys/amd64/amd64/sys_machdep.c in FreeBSD 9.3 before p39, 10.1 before p31, and 10.2 before p14 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via an i386_set_ldt system call, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Severity

6.2 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2016-1885 (GCVE-0-2016-1885)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-08 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:10

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

9 references

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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537812/100…	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136276/FreeB…	x_refsource_MISC

Date Public

2016-03-16 00:00

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