01 Record
CVE-2020-7462
In 11.4-PRERELEASE before r360733 and 11.3-RELEASE before p13, improper mbuf handling in the kernel causes a use-after-free bug by sending IPv6 Hop-by-Hop options over the loopback interface. The
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: freebsd
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
In 11.4-PRERELEASE before r360733 and 11.3-RELEASE before p13, improper mbuf handling in the kernel causes a use-after-free bug by sending IPv6 Hop-by-Hop options over the loopback interface. The
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
- 0.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 13.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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
- 2021-03-26 20:48Z5 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
- CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 02d3b19f0631b26019da602a5b5dc6ec9efcdc67b7088c7576490b61341b3cc7
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- security.freebsd.orghttps://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:24.ipv6.asc