CVE-2016-9040

An exploitable denial of service exists in the the Joyent SmartOS OS 20161110T013148Z Hyprlofs file system. The vulnerability is present in the Ioctl system call with the command HYPRLOFSADDENTRIES when used with a 32 bit model. An attacker can cause a buffer to be allocated and never freed. When repeatedly exploit this will result in memory exhaustion, resulting in a full system denial of service.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.9 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0258	Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:joyent:smartos:20161110t013148z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

14 Dec 2022, 14:11

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~(MISC) https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0258 - Third Party Advisory~~	(MISC) https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0258 - Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2018-09-07 12:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:44

NVD link : CVE-2016-9040

Mitre link : CVE-2016-9040

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-9040

JSON object : View

Products Affected

joyent

smartos

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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