CVE-2016-9039 json
An exploitable denial of service exists in the Joyent SmartOS 20161110T013148Z Hyprlofs file system.
published 2017-01-31 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-9860
- cvss
- 6.2
- version 3.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
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.
Exploit prediction
0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- talosintelligence.com http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0257/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.0 | 6.2 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 3.0 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Affected products
- Joyent SmartOS
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
-
talosintelligence.com
/reports/TALOS-2016-0257/
exploit, technical-description, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
-
securityfocus.com
/bid/95916
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2016-9039
- NVD CVE-2016-9039
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