CVE-2014-8476

The setlogin function in FreeBSD 8.4 through 10.1-RC4 does not initialize the buffer used to store the login name, which allows local users to obtain sensitive…

published November 13, 2014

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
32.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The setlogin function in FreeBSD 8.4 through 10.1-RC4 does not initialize the buffer used to store the login name, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a call to getlogin, which returns the entire buffer.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00392 · 32.1th percentile
Published
2014-11-13T15:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 NOV 15:00Z
    The setlogin function in FreeBSD 8.4 through 10.1-RC4 does not initialize the buffer used to store the login name, which allows local users to obtain sensitive…
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