Critical severity9.1NVD Advisory· Published Apr 29, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-7452
CVE-2020-7452
Description
In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r357490, 12.1-RELEASE before 12.1-RELEASE-p3, 11.3-STABLE before r357489, and 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p7, incorrect use of a user-controlled pointer in the epair virtual network module allowed vnet jailed privileged users to panic the host system and potentially execute arbitrary code in the kernel.
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Affected products
12cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 10 more
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.3:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.3:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.3:p3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.3:p4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.3:p5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.3:p6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.1:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.1:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <12.1-RELEASE-p3, <11.3-RELEASE-p7
- FreeBSD/FreeBSDdescription
Patches
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References
1- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:07.epair.ascnvdPatchVendor Advisory
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