Use After Free Affecting freebsd package, versions [,14.3.0-p14)[14.4.0,14.4.0-p5)[15.0.0,15.0.0-p9)
Threat Intelligence
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
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- published25 May 2026
- disclosed21 May 2026
- creditRyan
Introduced: 21 May 2026
CVE-2026-45251 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade freebsd to version 14.3.0-p14, 14.4.0-p5, 15.0.0-p9 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free in the handling of file descriptor syscalls such as poll or select. An attacker can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by closing a file descriptor while another thread is blocked waiting on it, causing the kernel to access freed memory.