CVE-2005-1126

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-04-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The SIOCGIFCONF ioctl (ifconf function) in FreeBSD 4.x through 4.11 and 5.x through 5.4 does not properly clear a buffer before using it, which allows local users to obtain portions of sensitive kernel memory.

Affected products

FreeBSD: 4.0, 4.0-alpha, 4.0-releng, 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.1-release (+55)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Oct/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/14959
http://secunia.com/advisories/17368
http://www.osvdb.org/15514
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15252
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2256
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20114
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Oct/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/14959
http://secunia.com/advisories/17368

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