CVE-2016-9039

Published: Jan 31, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Joyent: Smartos

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Joyent Smartos	Version 20161110t013148z

Related CWEs

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

References (4)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95916

Source: talos-cna@cisco.com

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0257/

Source: talos-cna@cisco.com

ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95916

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0257/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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