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CVE-2016-1887 Details

Description

Integer signedness error in the sockargs function in sys/kern/uipc_syscalls.c in FreeBSD 10.1 before p34, 10.2 before p17, and 10.3 before p3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory overwrite and kernel panic) or gain privileges via a negative buflen argument, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://cturt.github.io/sendmsg.html CVEExploit
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:19.sendmsg.asc CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035906 CVE
http://cturt.github.io/sendmsg.html [email protected]Exploit
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:19.sendmsg.asc [email protected]Vendor Advisory

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
freebsd freebsd
10.1
10.2
10.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-1887
NVD Published Date:
May 25, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-1887 Details - Not Deferred