CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-8733

8.8 HIGH Published 2016-12-14 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-12-14
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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-190

Description

An exploitable integer overflow exists in the Joyent SmartOS 20161110T013148Z Hyprlofs file system. The vulnerability is present in the Ioctl system call with the command HYPRLOFS_ADD_ENTRIES when dealing with native file systems. An attacker can craft an input that can cause a kernel panic and potentially be leveraged into a full privilege escalation vulnerability. This vulnerability is distinct from CVE-2016-9031.

Affected configurations

• joyent smartos (<= 20161110t013148z)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness

References