CVE-2016-9040
MEDIUM 6.2EPSS 0.5%
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 v3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS v3.0
- 6.2 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS v2.0
- 4.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - EPSS
- 0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 39th percentile
- Published
- 2018-09-07
- Updated
- 2024-09-16