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CVE-2018-17156
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-11-28T16:29:00.483 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:45:26.850

Summary

In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r340268) and 11.2-RELEASE-p5, due to incorrectly accounting for padding on 64-bit platforms, a buffer underwrite could occur when constructing an ICMP reply packet when using a non-standard value for the net.inet.icmp.quotelen sysctl.

Affected products

freebsd — freebsd

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References

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