Vulnerability · Published Nov 12, 2024 · Assigned by freebsd

CVE-2024-39281Unbounded allocation in ctl(4) CAM Target Layer

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity improper input validation in FreeBSD from FreeBSD. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 60.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The command ctl_persistent_reserve_out allows the caller to specify an arbitrary size which will be passed to the kernel's memory allocator.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
FreeBSD FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE – before p613.4-RELEASE – before p213.3-RELEASE – before p8

Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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