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CVE-2014-8476LOWCVSS 2.1

CVE-2014-8476

Published Nov 13, 2014·Updated Jun 16, 2026

NVD Description

The setlogin function in FreeBSD 8.4 through 10.1-RC4 does not initialize the buffer used to store the login name, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a call to getlogin, which returns the entire buffer.

CVSS Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

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