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CVE-2011-4062
Buffer overflow in the kernel in FreeBSD 7.3 through 9.0-RC1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly gain…
High7.2EPSS 0.91%
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- freebsd
Description
Buffer overflow in the kernel in FreeBSD 7.3 through 9.0-RC1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly gain privileges via a bind system call with a long pathname for a UNIX socket.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.91% · top 40% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- http://security.freebsd.org/patches/SA-11:05/unix2.patch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 46202 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17908 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- FreeBSD-SA-11:05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDx_transferred
- 46564 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1026106 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 75788 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 49862 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-2325 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .