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CVE-2004-0114

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.6 Published: 2004-03-03 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The shmat system call in the System V Shared Memory interface for FreeBSD 5.2 and earlier, NetBSD 1.3 and earlier, and OpenBSD 2.6 and earlier, does not properly decrement a shared memory segment's reference count when the vm_map_find function fails, which could allow local users to gain read or write access to a portion of kernel memory and gain privileges.

Affected Platforms

Openbsd OpenbsdFreebsd FreebsdNetbsd Netbsd

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References