CVE-2004-0114
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.
Published:Mar 3, 2004
Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
EPS:Sep 1, 2004
EPSS Score:0.0033
CVSS Score:4.6
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Freebsd
Product
Freebsd
Freebsd
Freebsd
Vendor
Netbsd
Product
Netbsd
Netbsd
Netbsd
Vendor
Openbsd
Product
Openbsd
Openbsd
Openbsd
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
