Description
An exploitable buffer overflow exists in the Joyent SmartOS 20161110T013148Z Hyprlofs file system. The vulnerability is present in the Ioctl system call with the command HYPRLOFS_ADD_ENTRIES when dealing with native file systems. An attacker can craft an input that can cause a buffer overflow in the path variable leading to an out of bounds memory access and could result in potential privilege escalation. This vulnerability is distinct from CVE-2016-9033.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94926
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0253/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.0
EPSS
0.0006
EPSS Percentile
19.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-120
Status
published
Products (2)
joyent/smartos
20161110t013148z
Joyent/SmartOS
OS 20161110T013148Z
Published
Dec 14, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026