CVSS 3.0
8.8 highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2019-5596
In FreeBSD 11.2-STABLE after r338618 and before r343786, 12.0-STABLE before r343781, and 12.0-RELEASE before 12.0-RELEASE-p3, a bug in the reference count implementation for UNIX domain sockets can cause a file structure to be incorrectly released potentially allowing a malicious local user to gain root privileges or escape from a jail.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 68% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- freebsd:freebsd