CVE-2016-9040

Published Sep 7, 2018 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-9861 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
talos
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 10:19 PM
Reserved
Oct 26, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 7, 2018, 12:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:55 AM