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    CVE-2016-9040

    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.

    Published:Sep 7, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Sep 7, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.0018
    CVSS Score:5.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Joyent
    Product
    Smartos

    Exploits

    https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0258https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0258

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