Vulnerability · Published Sep 5, 2024 · Assigned by freebsd

CVE-2024-45288Multiple vulnerabilities in libnv

High 8.4

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds write 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 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.4High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 76.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A missing null-termination character in the last element of an nvlist array string can lead to writing outside the allocated buffer.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
FreeBSD FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE – before p414.0-RELEASE – before p1013.3-RELEASE – before p6

Weakness: CWE-170, CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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