Use After Free Affecting freebsd package, versions [,14.3.0-p16)[14.4.0,14.4.0-p7)[15.0.0,15.0.0-p11)[15.1.0,15.1.0-p1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREEBSD-19427795
  • published29 Aug 2026
  • disclosed19 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-49418  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade freebsd to version 14.3.0-p16, 14.4.0-p7, 15.0.0-p11, 15.1.0-p1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free in the handling of msync(MS_INVALIDATE) on mappings of unmanaged device objects. An attacker can cause memory corruption and potentially escalate privileges by triggering a double-free condition through repeated page faults and object destruction.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1