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01 Record

CVE-2020-7458

In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r362281, 11.4-STABLE before r362281, and 11.4-RELEASE before p1, long values in the user-controlled PATH environment variable cause posix_spawnp to write beyond the end

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: freebsd
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
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02 Description

In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r362281, 11.4-STABLE before r362281, and 11.4-RELEASE before p1, long values in the user-controlled PATH environment variable cause posix_spawnp to write beyond the end

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
1.90% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 79.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
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
2020-07-09 13:47Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 09:25Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-01-21
Assigning CNA
freebsd
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
Data version
5.1
Document digest
311855ee92d6999c881f8c2febecf73f8409799c31d1ace1ff32cebbf698d839

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
n/aFreeBSDFreeBSD 11.4-RELEASE before p1—

06 References