CVE-2018-6917

high

Description

In FreeBSD before 11.1-STABLE, 11.1-RELEASE-p9, 10.4-STABLE, 10.4-RELEASE-p8 and 10.3-RELEASE-p28, insufficient validation of user-provided font parameters can result in an integer overflow, leading to the use of arbitrary kernel memory as glyph data. Unprivileged users may be able to access privileged kernel data.

References

https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:04.vt.asc

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040629

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103668

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-04-04

Updated: 2018-05-24

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High