What is CVE-2016-1889?

CVE-2016-1889 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-02-15.

How severe is CVE-2016-1889?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Integer overflow in Freebsd

CVE-2016-1889

Integer overflow in the bhyve hypervisor in FreeBSD 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, and 11.0 when configured with a large amount of guest memory, allows local users to gain privilege via a crafted device descriptor.

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (25.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Freebsd — versions 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FREEBSD, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1889?: CVE-2016-1889 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-02-15.
How severe is CVE-2016-1889?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.