CVE-2007-1523

high

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the kernel in NetBSD 3.0, certain versions of FreeBSD and OpenBSD, and possibly other BSD derived operating systems allows local users to have an unknown impact. NOTE: this information is based upon a vague pre-advisory with no actionable information. Details will be updated after 20070329.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22945

http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-europe-07/bh-eu-07-speakers.html#Eriksson

http://osvdb.org/34593

http://kernelwars.blogspot.com/2007/01/alive.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-03-20

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00385