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CVE-2024-45288: Multiple vulnerabilities in libnv

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.4 v3.1)
• 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: 2024-09-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-170

Description

A missing null-termination character in the last element of an nvlist array string can lead to writing outside the allocated buffer.

Affected products

• FreeBSD: from 14.1 before 14.1_p4; from 14.0 before 14.0_p10; from 13.3 before 13.3_p6 — fixed in 13.3_p6, 14.0_p10, 14.1_p4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: FreeBSD 13.3_p6, 14.0_p10, 14.1_p4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-24:09.libnv.asc
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240920-0008/

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