CWE Code: 119
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 6.9
CWE Name:  Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Summary: 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 nm variable leading to an out of bounds memory access and could result in potential privilege escalation. this vulnerability is distinct from cve-2016-9034.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2016-12-14
Last Modified Date: 2016-12-22