CVE-2016-6241

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
Integer overflow in the amap_alloc1 function in OpenBSD 5.8 and 5.9 allows local users to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges via a large size value.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6241
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-03-07T16:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-09-01T01:29:31
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-190 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/190.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/17/7 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/5 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openbsd.org/errata59.html Release Notes
http://www.openbsd.org/errata58.html Release Notes
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91805
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036318
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6241
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6241
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:41:27 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:27:10 2017-03-07T16:59Z 2017-03-07T16:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 14:27:10 2017-09-01T01:29:31 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 14:27:10 Modified Vulnerability Status updated