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CVE-2020-7451

In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r358739, 12.1-RELEASE before 12.1-RELEASE-p3, 11.3-STABLE before...

5.3 Medium

In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r358739, 12.1-RELEASE before 12.1-RELEASE-p3, 11.3-STABLE before r358740, and 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p7, a TCP SYN-ACK or challenge TCP-ACK segment over IPv6 that is transmitted or retransmitted does not properly initialize the Traffic Class field disclosing one byte of kernel memory over the network.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

1.17%Up 0.8 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.3

In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r358739, 12.1-RELEASE before 12.1-RELEASE-p3, 11.3-STABLE before r358740, and 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p7, a TCP SYN-ACK or challenge TCP-ACK segment over IPv6 that is transmitted or retransmitted does not properly initialize the Traffic Class field disclosing one byte of kernel memory over the network.

Record
CVE-2020-7451
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-908
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r358739, 12.1-RELEASE before 12.1-RELEASE-p3, 11.3-STABLE before r358740, and 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p7, a TCP SYN-ACK or challenge TCP-ACK segment over IPv6 that is transmitted or retransmitted does not properly initialize the Traffic Class field disclosing one byte of kernel memory over the network.

Record
CVE-2020-7451
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-28577 No score

In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r358739, 12.1-RELEASE before 12.1-RELEASE-p3, 11.3-STABLE before r358740, and 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p7, a TCP SYN-ACK or challenge TCP-ACK segment over IPv6 that is transmitted or retransmitted does not properly initialize the Traffic Class field disclosing one byte of kernel memory over the network.

Record
EUVD-2020-28577
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vv76-2436-qvh9 No score

In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r358739, 12.1-RELEASE before 12.1-RELEASE-p3, 11.3-STABLE before...

In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r358739, 12.1-RELEASE before 12.1-RELEASE-p3, 11.3-STABLE before r358740, and 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p7, a TCP SYN-ACK or challenge TCP-ACK segment over IPv6 that is transmitted or retransmitted does not properly initialize the Traffic Class field disclosing one byte of kernel memory over the network.

Record
GHSA-vv76-2436-qvh9
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
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In short

CVE-2020-7451 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Freebsd, published April 28, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.17%, the 67th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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