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Medium severity6.2NVD Advisory· Published Jan 31, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-9039

CVE-2016-9039

Description

An exploitable denial of service exists in the Joyent SmartOS 20161110T013148Z Hyprlofs file system. The vulnerability is present in the Ioctl system call with the command HYPRLOFS_ADD_ENTRIES. An attacker can cause a buffer to be allocated and never freed. When repeatedly exploited this will result in memory exhaustion, resulting in a full system denial of service.

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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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