Security Advisory
CVE-2016-9039
6.2
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
January 31, 2017
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory