CVE-2018-17157 - CVE House

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Status published Critical CVE-2018-17157

In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r340854) and 11.2-RELEASE-p5, an integer overflow error...

9.8 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r340854) and 11.2-RELEASE-p5, an integer overflow error when handling opcodes can cause memory corruption by sending a specially crafted NFSv4 request. Unprivileged remote users with access to the NFS server may be able to execute arbitrary code.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

FreeBSD

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Affected Software

FreeBSD

Vulnerable Versions:

FreeBSD 11.2 before 11.2-RELEASE-p5

Timeline

Official Publish: December 4th, 2018

Last Modified: August 5th, 2024

Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.