CVE-2004-1066 describes a vulnerability in the cmdline pseudofiles within procfs and linprocfs on FreeBSD versions 4.8 through 5.3. This flaw allows local users to trigger a denial of service (system panic) or read portions of kernel memory due to improper validation of process argument vectors. With a CVSS score of 3.6, it is a low-severity vulnerability requiring local access and low attack complexity, impacting confidentiality and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.