Medium severity6.2NVD Advisory· Published Jan 31, 2017· Updated May 13, 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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References
2- www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0257/nvdExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95916nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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