CVE-2019-5601 describes a bug in the FFS implementation of FreeBSD versions 12.0-STABLE, 12.0-RELEASE, 11.2-STABLE, and 11.2-RELEASE. This flaw causes up to three bytes of kernel stack memory to be written to disk as uninitialized directory entry padding. It is rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), indicating that an attacker with low privileges could potentially achieve high confidentiality impact by reading sensitive kernel memory from disk. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:p10:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:p2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:p3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:p4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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