VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2005-1406
CVSS score4.6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.38%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-05-06
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
The kernel in FreeBSD 4.x to 4.11 and 5.x to 5.4 does not properly clear certain fixed-length buffers when copying variable-length data for use by applications, which could allow those applications to read previously used sensitive memory.