CVE-2020-7452 is a critical vulnerability affecting FreeBSD 11.3 and 12.1 that allows a privileged user within a vnet jail to panic the host system and potentially execute arbitrary kernel code due to incorrect use of a user-controlled pointer in the epair virtual network module. With a CVSS score of 9.1, this vulnerability presents a high risk, requiring high privileges but having low attack complexity and leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.3:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.3:p2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.3:p3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.3:p4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.7 Bluesky, 0.4 Mastodon, and 1.7 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.