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CVE-2005-1406

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.6 Published: 2005-05-06 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The kernel in FreeBSD 4.x to 4.11 and 5.x to 5.4 does not properly clear certain fixed-length buffers when copying variable-length data for use by applications, which could allow those applications to read previously used sensitive memory.

Affected Platforms

Freebsd Freebsd

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References