CVE-2014-3873

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: 2014-06-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The ktrace utility in the FreeBSD kernel 8.4 before p11, 9.1 before p14, 9.2 before p7, and 9.3-BETA1 before p1 uses an incorrect page fault kernel trace entry size, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a kernel process trace.

Affected products

FreeBSD: 8.4, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3-beta1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/58627
http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14%3A12.ktrace.asc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67812
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030325
http://secunia.com/advisories/58627
http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14%3A12.ktrace.asc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67812
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030325

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