CVE-2015-1417 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the FreeBSD inet module, affecting versions 8.x, 9.x, and 10.x with VNET enabled and at least 16 VNET instances. Remote attackers can exploit this by initiating multiple concurrent TCP connections, leading to mbuf consumption. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, resulting in a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:8.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:8.4:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:8.4:p11:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:8.4:p12:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:8.4:p13:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.