High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Sep 12, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-6924
CVE-2018-6924
Description
In FreeBSD before 11.1-STABLE, 11.2-RELEASE-p3, 11.1-RELEASE-p14, 10.4-STABLE, and 10.4-RELEASE-p12, insufficient validation in the ELF header parser could allow a malicious ELF binary to cause a kernel crash or disclose kernel memory.
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Affected products
5< 11.1-STABLE, 11.2-RELEASE-p3, 11.1-RELEASE-p14, 10.4-STABLE, 10.4-RELEASE-p12+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 11.1-STABLE, 11.2-RELEASE-p3, 11.1-RELEASE-p14, 10.4-STABLE, 10.4-RELEASE-p12
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=11.0,<11.1
- (no CPE)range: before 11.1-STABLE, 11.2-RELEASE-p3, 11.1-RELEASE-p14, 10.4-STABLE, and 10.4-RELEASE-p12
Patches
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References
2- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:12.elf.ascnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1041646nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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