CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-6240
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-189
Description
Integer truncation error in the amap_alloc function in OpenBSD 5.8 and 5.9 allows local users to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges via a large size value.
Affected configurations
• openbsd openbsd 5.8
• openbsd openbsd 5.9
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata58.html Release Notes
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata59.html Release Notes
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/17/7 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91805 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036318 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata58.html Release Notes
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata59.html Release Notes
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/17/7 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91805 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036318 www.securitytracker.com