CVE-2005-4776 — Integer overflow in the FreeBSD compatibility code (freebsd_misc.c) in NetBSD-current, NetBSD-3, NetBSD-2.0, and NetBSD-2 before 20050913; and NetBSD-1.6 before 20050914; allows local users to cause a denial of service (heap corruption or system crash) and possibly gain root privileges

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HIGH

Integer overflow in the FreeBSD compatibility code (freebsd_misc.c) in NetBSD-current, NetBSD-3, NetBSD-2.0, and NetBSD-2 before 20050913; and NetBSD-1.6 before 20050914; allows local users to cause a denial of service (heap corruption or system crash) and possibly gain root privileges

Published Apr 13, 2006

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.34%

Description

Integer overflow in the FreeBSD compatibility code (freebsd_misc.c) in NetBSD-current, NetBSD-3, NetBSD-2.0, and NetBSD-2 before 20050913; and NetBSD-1.6 before 20050914; allows local users to cause a denial of service (heap corruption or system crash) and possibly gain root privileges.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.34% 0.00337

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00337

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.34% (0.00337)	24.67th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.34% (0.00337)	25.35th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.05% (0.00047)	11.59th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00890)	30.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	28.64th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	26.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	12.04th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2005-008.txt.asc
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_NETBSDVendor Advisory
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2005/09/13/0024.html
mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
http://www.osvdb.org/20757
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatch

Link	Providers	Tags
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2005-008.txt.asc		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_NETBSDVendor Advisory
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2005/09/13/0024.html		mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
http://www.osvdb.org/20757		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatch

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 13, 2006

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Apr 13, 2006

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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