CVE-2016-9040
CVSS V2 Medium 4.9
CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2016-9040
- Assigner
- talos-cna@cisco.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Analyzed
- Published Version
- 2018-09-07T12:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2022-12-14T14:11:46
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:joyent:smartos:20161110t013148z:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Access Vector
- LOCAL
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Integrity Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- COMPLETE
- Base Score
- 4.9
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 6.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 5.5
- Base Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 1.8
- Impact Score
- 3.6
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0258 | Third Party Advisory |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9040 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9040 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-20 17:00:24 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-03 11:52:39 | 2018-09-07T12:29Z | 2018-09-07T12:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-03 11:52:39 | 2022-04-19T20:15:12 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-03 11:52:39 | Undergoing Analysis | Vulnerability Status | updated | |
| 2022-12-14 15:07:55 | 2022-12-14T14:11:46 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-14 15:07:55 | Undergoing Analysis | Analyzed | Vulnerability Status | updated |