CVE-2016-9040: joyent smartos Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-9040 is a medium (CVSS 6.2) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in joyent smartos. EPSS estimates a 0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Timeline
- 07-09-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 16-09-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
An exploitable denial of service exists in the the Joyent SmartOS OS 20161110T013148Z Hyprlofs file system. The vulnerability is present in the Ioctl system call with the command HYPRLOFSADDENTRIES when used with a 32 bit model. An attacker can cause a buffer to be allocated and never freed. When repeatedly exploit this will result in memory exhaustion, resulting in a full system denial of service.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions- NVDNIST6.2MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.47%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
40%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.47% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (talosintelligence.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Joyent1 product
- smartos20161110T013148Z | 20161110t013148z
1 vendor · 1 product
References
1 links- www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0258X Refsource MISCExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory