CVE-2016-6242

MEDIUM

OpenBSD <5.10 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

OpenBSD 5.8 and 5.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and kernel panic) via a large ident value in a kevent system call.

References (5)

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 12.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-189
Status published

Affected Products (3)

openbsd/openbsd
openbsd/openbsd
n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Mar 07, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026