CVE-2016-6240

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Mar 7, 2017
Updated: Aug 6, 2024
Reserved: Jul 17, 2016

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

1036318vdb-entry
http://www.openbsd.org/errata59.html
[oss-security] 20160714 Multiple Bugs in OpenBSD Kernelmailing-list
[oss-security] 20160717 ReL Multiple Bugs in OpenBSD Kernelmailing-list
http://www.openbsd.org/errata58.html
91805vdb-entry

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