CVE-2020-7459 is a buffer overflow vulnerability affecting multiple USB network drivers in FreeBSD versions 12.1-STABLE, 12.1-RELEASE, 11.4-STABLE, 11.4-RELEASE, and 11.3-RELEASE. The flaw stems from missing length validation, allowing a malicious USB device to write beyond the bounds of an allocated network packet buffer. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.8 (Medium), indicating that an attacker with physical access to the device could achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| 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:p10:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.3:p11:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.3:p2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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