VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2016-6240
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.60%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-03-07
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
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.
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Release Notes
- cve@mitre.org — Release Notes
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Release Notes
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Release Notes
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108