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High · 7.0 CVE-2016-9034 EUVD-2016-9856GHSA-w6pc-m3rh-gpq7

An exploitable buffer overflow exists in the Joyent SmartOS 20161110T013148Z Hyprlofs file system. The vulnerability is present in the Ioct…

Published Dec 14, 2016 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by talos

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 32-bit file systems. An attacker can craft an input that can cause a buffer overflow in the nm variable leading to an out of bounds memory access and could result in potential privilege escalation. This vulnerability is distinct from CVE-2016-9032.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Joyent SmartOS OS 20161110T013148Z —

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