CVE-2016-6350

MEDIUM

OpenBSD <5.10 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

OpenBSD 5.8 and 5.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via a sysctl call with a path starting with 10,9.

References (5)

[Patch] http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c.diff?r1=1.248&r2=1.249

[Patch] http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/tmpfs/tmpfs_vfsops.c.diff?r1=1.9&r2=1.10

[Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/26/6

[Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/26/8

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92140

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0014

EPSS Percentile 34.6%

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-476

Status published

Affected Products (3)

openbsd/openbsd

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Mar 07, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026