Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-6242 - Numeric Errors vulnerability in Openbsd 5.8/5.9

047910
CVSS 5.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
openbsd
CWE-189
NVD
Published: 2017-03-07
Updated: 2024-11-21

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Openbsd
2

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

References