Local privilege escalation via unterminated nvlist string
Published Sep 5, 2024 · Updated Sep 20, 2024
Out-of-bounds write in FreeBSD libnv allows local users to escalate privileges or panic affected systems via a packed string array. The nvpair_unpack_string_array routine fails to verify that the final serialized string ends with a null byte before processing it, permitting access beyond the supplied buffer. A local malicious process must submit a crafted packed nvlist through a libnv consumer; the overwrite can affect userland or kernel memory.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds write in FreeBSD libnv allows local users to escalate privileges or panic affected systems via a packed string array. The nvpair_unpack_string_array routine fails to verify that the final serialized string ends with a null byte before processing it, permitting access beyond the supplied buffer. A local malicious process must submit a crafted packed nvlist through a libnv consumer; the overwrite can affect userland or kernel memory.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-45288
- Published
- Sep 5, 2024
- Updated
- Sep 20, 2024
- Vendor
- The FreeBSD Project
- Product
- FreeBSD
- Classifications
- CWE-170, CWE-787, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Sep 5, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 20, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=13.3 <13.3_p6
- Affected versionversion=13.3-RELEASE <p6
- Affected versionversion=14.0 <14.0_p10
- Affected versionversion=14.0-RELEASE <p10
- Affected versionversion=14.1 <14.1_p4
- Affected versionversion=14.1-RELEASE <p4
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