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CVE-2011-4062

FreeBSD - UIPC socket heap Overflow (PoC)

Severity Score

7.8
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

2
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Buffer overflow in the kernel in FreeBSD 7.3 through 9.0-RC1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly gain privileges via a bind system call with a long pathname for a UNIX socket.

Desbordamiento de búfer en la "emulación de Linux" de apoyo en FreeBSD v7.3 y v7.4, v8.1 y v8.2, y v9 antes de v9.0-RC1 permite a usuarios locales provocar una denegación de servicio (pánico) y posiblemente ejecutar código arbitrario mediante una llamada al llamado sistema de vinculación con un largo camino para un socket UNIX-domain, que no se manipula correctamente, cuando la dirección es utilizada por otras llamadas al sistema no especificado.

Buffer overflow in the "linux emulation" support in FreeBSD kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code by calling the bind system call with a long path for a UNIX-domain socket, which is not properly handled when the address is used by other unspecified system calls.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
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SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2011-10-04 First Exploit
  • 2011-10-15 CVE Reserved
  • 2011-10-18 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
  • 2025-06-18 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Freebsd
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7.3
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Freebsd
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Freebsd
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7.4
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Freebsd
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Freebsd
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8.1
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Freebsd
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Freebsd
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8.2
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Freebsd
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Freebsd
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9.0
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beta1
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Freebsd
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Freebsd
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9.0
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beta2
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Freebsd
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Freebsd
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9.0
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beta3
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