CVE-2016-9039

Published Jan 31, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 6.2 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-9860 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
talos
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 2:42 AM
Reserved
Oct 26, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 31, 2017, 9:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:55 AM