CVE-2014-3952

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-07-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

FreeBSD 8.4 before p14, 9.1 before p17, 9.2 before p10, and 10.0 before p7 does not properly initialize the buffer between the header and data of a control message, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

FreeBSD: 8.4, 9.1, 9.2, 10.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/62218
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3070
http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:17.kmem.asc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68466
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030539
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94448
http://secunia.com/advisories/62218
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3070
http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:17.kmem.asc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68466
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030539
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94448

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