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High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Dec 14, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-9033

CVE-2016-9033

Description

An exploitable buffer overflow exists in the Joyent SmartOS 20161110T013148Z Hyprlofs file system. The vulnerability is present in the Ioctl system call with the command HYPRLOFS_ADD_ENTRIES when dealing with native file systems. An attacker can craft an input that can cause a buffer overflow in the path variable leading to an out of bounds memory access and could result in potential privilege escalation. This vulnerability is distinct from CVE-2016-9035.

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Affected products

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  • Joyent/Smartos3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:joyent:smartos:20161110t013148z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:joyent:smartos:20161110t013148z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 20161110T013148Z
    • (no CPE)range: OS 20161110T013148Z

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