CVE-2016-1887

HIGH

FreeBSD <10.1p34, <10.2p17, <10.3p3 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

Integer signedness error in the sockargs function in sys/kern/uipc_syscalls.c in FreeBSD 10.1 before p34, 10.2 before p17, and 10.3 before p3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory overwrite and kernel panic) or gain privileges via a negative buflen argument, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by CTurt · cdosfreebsd_x86-64
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44212

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0038
EPSS Percentile 59.4%
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-264
Status published
Products (3)
freebsd/freebsd 10.1
freebsd/freebsd 10.2
freebsd/freebsd 10.3
Published May 25, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026