VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-7458

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability1.90%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-07-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r362281, 11.4-STABLE before r362281, and 11.4-RELEASE before p1, long values in the user-controlled PATH environment variable cause posix_spawnp to write beyond the end of the heap allocated stack possibly leading to arbitrary code execution.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787

Primary references