VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-6243

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.43%
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:N/I:N/A:H

Description

thrsleep in kern/kern_synch.c in OpenBSD 5.8 and 5.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via a crafted value in the tsp parameter of the __thrsleep system call.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references