CVE-2018-6917 is an integer overflow vulnerability in FreeBSD versions prior to 11.1-STABLE, 11.1-RELEASE-p9, 10.4-STABLE, 10.4-RELEASE-p8, and 10.3-RELEASE-p28. This flaw allows unprivileged users to access privileged kernel memory by manipulating font parameters, leading to the use of arbitrary kernel memory as glyph data. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially resulting in high confidentiality impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 10.0, < 10.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.0, < 11.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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