Is CVE-2018-6925 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-6925 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-6925?

CVE-2018-6925 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-6925?

CVE-2018-6925 has an EPSS score of 0.32% (24th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-6925?

Upgrade freebsd to 11.2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-6925

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r338986), 11.2-RELEASE-p4, 11.1-RELEASE-p15, 10.4-STABLE(r338985), and 10.4-RELEASE-p13, due to improper maintenance of IPv6 protocol control block flags through various failure paths, an unprivileged authenticated local user may be able to cause a NULL pointer dereference causing the kernel to crash.

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

How to fix

Remediation Available

freebsdNVD

Affected:< 11.2Fixed in:11.2CVE-2018-6925derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.32%probability of exploitation in 30 days

24thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 24% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

security.freebsd.org

Other references1

flexera.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2023-21758	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-21547	High	7.5	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-3470	Medium	4.3	86%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-44224	High	8.2	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-0742	High	7.5	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2009-1386	Medium	5.0	80%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.