CVE-2018-6924

FreeBSD Security Advisory - FreeBSD-SA-18:12.elf

Severity Score

7.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

En FreeBSD en versiones anteriores a la 11.1-STABLE, 11.2-RELEASE-p3, 11.1-RELEASE-p14, 10.4-STABLE y 10.4-RELEASE-p12, la validación insuficiente en el analizador de la cabecera ELF podría permitir que un binario ELF malicioso provoque el cierre inesperado del kernel o revele la memoria del kernel.

Insufficient validation was performed in the ELF header parser, and malformed or otherwise invalid ELF binaries were not rejected as they should be. Execution of a malicious ELF binary may result in a kernel crash or may disclose kernel memory.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-02-12 CVE Reserved
2018-09-12 CVE Published
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041646	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:12.elf.asc	2018-11-26

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd"		Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd" for product "Freebsd"				10.4 Search vendor "Freebsd" for product "Freebsd" and version "10.4"		-		Affected
Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd"		Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd" for product "Freebsd"				11.2 Search vendor "Freebsd" for product "Freebsd" and version "11.2"		-		Affected
Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd"		Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd" for product "Freebsd"				>= 11.0 < 11.1 Search vendor "Freebsd" for product "Freebsd" and version " >= 11.0 < 11.1"		-		Affected