Freebsd · Freebsd · CVE-2018-6924
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
FreeBSD versions prior to 11.1-STABLE
FreeBSD versions prior to 11.2-RELEASE-p3
FreeBSD versions prior to 11.1-RELEASE-p14
FreeBSD versions prior to 10.4-STABLE
FreeBSD versions prior to 10.4-RELEASE-p12
**Description**
The issue is caused by insufficient validation in the ELF header parser, which could allow a malicious ELF binary to cause a kernel crash or disclose kernel memory. This could potentially impact the confidentiality of protected information or cause a denial of service.
**Recommendations**
For versions prior to 11.1-STABLE, update to 11.1-STABLE or later.
For versions prior to 11.2-RELEASE-p3, update to 11.2-RELEASE-p3 or later.
For versions prior to 11.1-RELEASE-p14, update to 11.1-RELEASE-p14 or later.
For versions prior to 10.4-STABLE, update to 10.4-STABLE or later.
For versions prior to 10.4-RELEASE-p12, update to 10.4-RELEASE-p12 or later.