FKIE_CVE-2020-7458

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-07-09 14:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:24
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r362281, 11.4-STABLE before r362281, and 11.4-RELEASE before p1, long values in the user-controlled PATH environment variable cause posix_spawnp to write beyond the end of the heap allocated stack possibly leading to arbitrary code execution.
References
secteam@freebsd.orghttps://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:18.posix_spawnp.ascPatch, Vendor Advisory
secteam@freebsd.orghttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200724-0002/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:18.posix_spawnp.ascPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200724-0002/Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
freebsd freebsd 11.4
freebsd freebsd 11.4
freebsd freebsd 12.1
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:24:49.227",
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