CVE-2005-4783 describes a local information disclosure vulnerability in NetBSD, specifically affecting versions prior to 20050831. The kernfs_xread function in kernfs_vnops.c fails to validate negative offsets when reading the message buffer, enabling local users to read arbitrary kernel memory. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with the primary impact being confidentiality (reading kernel memory). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.