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CVE-2016-9039
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.2
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-01-31T21:59:00.157 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:55:20.127

Summary

An exploitable denial of service exists in the Joyent SmartOS 20161110T013148Z Hyprlofs file system. The vulnerability is present in the Ioctl system call with the command HYPRLOFS_ADD_ENTRIES. An attacker can cause a buffer to be allocated and never freed. When repeatedly exploited this will result in memory exhaustion, resulting in a full system denial of service.

Affected products

joyent — smartos

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References

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