CVE-2005-1406

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 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: 2005-05-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The kernel in FreeBSD 4.x to 4.11 and 5.x to 5.4 does not properly clear certain fixed-length buffers when copying variable-length data for use by applications, which could allow those applications to read previously used sensitive memory.

Affected products

FreeBSD: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 (+9)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Oct/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/17368
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13526
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15252
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2256
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Oct/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/17368
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13526
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15252
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2256

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