CVE-2016-1886

Integer signedness error in the genkbd_commonioctl function in sys/dev/kbd/kbd.c in FreeBSD 9.3 before p42, 10.1 before p34, 10.2 before p17, and 10.3 before…

published May 25, 2016

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
66.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Integer signedness error in the genkbd_commonioctl function in sys/dev/kbd/kbd.c in FreeBSD 9.3 before p42, 10.1 before p34, 10.2 before p17, and 10.3 before p3 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, cause a denial of service (memory overwrite and kernel crash), or gain privileges via a negative value in the flen structure member in the arg argument in a SETFKEY ioctl call, which triggers a "two way heap and stack overflow."

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01143 · 66.2th percentile
Published
2016-05-25T15:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 MAY 15:00Z
    Integer signedness error in the genkbd_commonioctl function in sys/dev/kbd/kbd.c in FreeBSD 9.3 before p42, 10.1 before p34, 10.2 before p17, and 10.3 before…
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