CVE-2016-1886
HIGHFreeBSD <9.3 p42, 10.1 p34, 10.2 p17, 10.3 p3 - Memory Corruption via SETFKEY ioctl
Title source: llmDescription
Integer signedness error in the genkbd_commonioctl function in sys/dev/kbd/kbd.c in FreeBSD 9.3 before p42, 10.1 before p34, 10.2 before p17, and 10.3 before p3 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, cause a denial of service (memory overwrite and kernel crash), or gain privileges via a negative value in the flen structure member in the arg argument in a SETFKEY ioctl call, which triggers a "two way heap and stack overflow."
Exploits (1)
References (5)
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0022
EPSS Percentile
44.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (4)
freebsd/freebsd
9.3
freebsd/freebsd
10.1
freebsd/freebsd
10.2
freebsd/freebsd
10.3
Published
May 25, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026