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CVE-2016-6242
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-03-07T16:59:00.507 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:50:40.847

Summary

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.

Affected products

openbsd — openbsd

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References

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