CVE-2008-5736 DetailDescriptionMultiple unspecified vulnerabilities in FreeBSD 6 before 6.4-STABLE, 6.3 before 6.3-RELEASE-p7, 6.4 before 6.4-RELEASE-p1, 7.0 before 7.0-RELEASE-p7, 7.1 before 7.1-RC2, and 7 before 7.1-PRERELEASE allow local users to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors related to function pointers that are "not properly initialized" for (1) netgraph sockets and (2) bluetooth sockets. Severity
CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:
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Denotes Vulnerable Software Quick InfoCVE Dictionary Entry:CVE-2008-5736 NVD Published Date: 12/26/2008 NVD Last Modified: 08/02/2019 Source: MITRE |