01 Record
CVE-2006-0379
FreeBSD kernel 5.4-STABLE and 6.0 does not completely initialize a buffer before making it available to userland, which could allow local users to read portions of kernel memory.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: freebsd
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
FreeBSD kernel 5.4-STABLE and 6.0 does not completely initialize a buffer before making it available to userland, which could allow local users to read portions of kernel memory.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 31.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-01-25 22:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 16:34Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-01-24
- Assigning CNA
- freebsd
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4c555ce10a12c00b310603835ac071f391d75f5be67e76ff3604b92e72532745
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- ftp.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-06:06ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:06.kmem.asc
- secunia.com18599http://secunia.com/advisories/18599
- securitytracker.com1015541http://securitytracker.com/id?1015541
- www.osvdb.org22730http://www.osvdb.org/22730
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.combsd-buffer-initialization-disclosure(24338)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24338
- www.securityfocus.com16373http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16373