CVE-2019-5607

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-07-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-404

Description

In FreeBSD 12.0-STABLE before r350222, 12.0-RELEASE before 12.0-RELEASE-p8, 11.3-STABLE before r350223, 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p1, and 11.2-RELEASE before 11.2-RELEASE-p12, rights transmitted over a domain socket did not properly release a reference on transmission error allowing a malicious user to cause the reference counter to wrap, forcing a free event. This could allow a malicious local user to gain root privileges or escape from a jail.

Affected products

FreeBSD: 11.0, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153755/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-17.fd.html
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:17.fd.asc
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190814-0003/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153755/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-17.fd.html
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:17.fd.asc
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190814-0003/

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