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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2008-3531 EUVD-2008-3517GHSA-7x52-8p86-5px9

Stack-based buffer overflow in sys/kern/vfs_mount.c in the kernel in FreeBSD 7.0 and 7.1, when vfs.usermount is enabled, allows local users…

Published Sep 5, 2008 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in sys/kern/vfs_mount.c in the kernel in FreeBSD 7.0 and 7.1, when vfs.usermount is enabled, allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted (1) mount or (2) nmount system call, related to copying of "user defined data" in "certain error conditions."

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