What is CVE-2016-6350?

CVE-2016-6350 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openbsd, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-03-07.

How severe is CVE-2016-6350?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Openbsd

CVE-2016-6350

OpenBSD 5.8 and 5.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via a sysctl call with a path starting with 10,9.

EPSS: 0.004 (35.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Openbsd — versions 5.8, 5.9
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6350?: CVE-2016-6350 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openbsd, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-03-07.
How severe is CVE-2016-6350?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.