HIGH
Buffer overflow in the kernel in FreeBSD 7.3 through 9.0-RC1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly gain privileges via a bind system call with a long pathname for a UNIX socket
Published Oct 18, 2011
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.91%
Description
Buffer overflow in the kernel in FreeBSD 7.3 through 9.0-RC1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly gain privileges via a bind system call with a long pathname for a UNIX socket.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.91% 0.00909
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00909
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 | 0.91% (0.00909) | 58.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.93% (0.00930) | 55.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.63% (0.00629) | 68.51th | 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 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46202 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46564 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-11:05.unix.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDVendor Advisory
- http://security.freebsd.org/patches/SA-11:05/unix2.patch x_refsource_MISCPatch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2325 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17908 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- http://www.osvdb.org/75788 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49862 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026106 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/46202 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/46564 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-11:05.unix.asc | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDVendor Advisory | |
| http://security.freebsd.org/patches/SA-11:05/unix2.patch | x_refsource_MISCPatch | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2325 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17908 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/75788 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49862 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026106 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner freebsd
Published Oct 18, 2011
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Oct 15, 2011
Link CVE-2011-4062
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a