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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 25, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-1887

CVE-2016-1887

Description

Integer signedness error in the sockargs function in sys/kern/uipc_syscalls.c in FreeBSD 10.1 before p34, 10.2 before p17, and 10.3 before p3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory overwrite and kernel panic) or gain privileges via a negative buflen argument, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

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Affected products

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  • FreeBSD/FreeBSD4 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 10.1 < p34, 10.2 < p17, 10.3 < p3

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