Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2016-6240

Integer truncation error in the amap_alloc function in OpenBSD 5.8 and 5.9 allows local users to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges via a large size value.

  • Published: Mar 7, 2017
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2016-6240
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.8
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.2
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
openbsd / openbsd 5.9 5.9.x
openbsd / openbsd 5.8 5.8.x