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CVE-2013-5666
The sendfile system-call implementation in sys/kern/uipc_syscalls.c in the kernel in FreeBSD 9.2-RC1 and 9.2-RC2 does not properly pad…
Medium4.7EPSS 0.31%
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- mitre
Description
The sendfile system-call implementation in sys/kern/uipc_syscalls.c in the kernel in FreeBSD 9.2-RC1 and 9.2-RC2 does not properly pad transmissions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information (kernel memory) via a length greater than the length of the file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.7 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.31% · top 76% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- FreeBSD-SA-13:11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDx_transferred
- 97142 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1029013 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=255442 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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