VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-5602

CVSS score8.8 HIGH

EPSS probability4.01%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2019-07-03

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In FreeBSD 12.0-STABLE before r349628, 12.0-RELEASE before 12.0-RELEASE-p7, 11.3-PRERELEASE before r349629, 11.3-RC3 before 11.3-RC3-p1, and 11.2-RELEASE before 11.2-RELEASE-p11, a bug in the cdrom driver allows users with read access to the cdrom device to arbitrarily overwrite kernel memory when media is present thereby allowing a malicious user in the operator group to gain root privileges.

Weakness classification

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization

Primary references

secteam@freebsd.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secteam@freebsd.org — Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory