CVE-2016-9035

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.0
Exploit probability—
ProductJoyent Smartos
PublishedDec 14, 2016
First seenDec 14, 2016

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
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