CVE-2020-24863 is a memory corruption vulnerability in the kern_getfsstat kernel function affecting MidnightBSD before 1.2.7 and 1.3 through 2020-08-19, and FreeBSD through 11.4. An attacker can exploit this by providing a crafted size value and invalid mode, leading to an invalid free and system crash. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this local attack requires low privileges and complexity, resulting in high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:midnightbsd:midnightbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.3, <= 2020-08-19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:midnightbsd:midnightbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 11.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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