Multiple vulnerabilities in libnv

published 2024-09-05 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-41420

cvss: 8.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 23%
public exploits: 0; none known

A missing null-termination character in the last element of an nvlist array string can lead to writing outside the allocated buffer.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

FreeBSD FreeBSD 13.3_p6, 14.0_p10, 14.1_p4, p4, p6, p10

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-09-05)

Exploit prediction

0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	8.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	8.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

FreeBSD FreeBSD

Classification

Weakness

CWE-170 Improper Null Termination
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-45288
NVD CVE-2024-45288

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Summary