CVE-2016-9039

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-9039
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-31 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2022-04-19 20:15:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Joyent Smartos 20161110t013148z All All All
Operating System Joyent Smartos 20161110t013148z All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Joyent SmartOS CVE-2016-9039 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco Talos - Talos 2016 0257 MISC www.talosintelligence.com Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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