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CVE-2016-9039

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

Published

2017-01-31T21:59:00.157

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 6.2 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-400

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	joyent	smartos	20161110t013148z	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95916 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0257/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95916 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0257/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)