vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-9EB01384-D793-11EA-88F8-901B0EF719AB (CVE-2020-7459): FreeBSD -- Potential memory corruption in USB network device drivers
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Aug 5, 2020 | Aug 6, 2020 | Oct 20, 2020 |
Description
Details for this vulnerability have not been published by NIST at this point. Descriptions from software vendor advisories for this issue are provided below.
From VID-9EB01384-D793-11EA-88F8-901B0EF719AB:
Problem Description:
A missing length validation code common to these three drivers means that a
malicious USB device could write beyond the end of an allocated network
packet buffer.
Impact:
An attacker with physical access to a USB port and the ability to bring a
network interface up may be able to use a specially crafted USB device to
gain kernel or user-space code execution.
Solution(s)
References
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