What is CVE-2016-6560?

CVE-2016-6560 is a high-severity vulnerability in Illumos, classified under CWE-195. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2017-03-31.

How severe is CVE-2016-6560?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Illumos

CVE-2016-6560

illumos osnet-incorporation bcopy() and bzero() implementations make signed instead of unsigned comparisons allowing a system crash.

Published 2017-03-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (76.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 76.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Illumos
Illumos Osnet-Incorporation — versions proir to osnet-incorporation@0.5.11,5.11-2016.0.1.15933

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.illumos.org/issues/7488 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/5aaab1a49679c26dbcb6fb6dc25799950d70cc71 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
www.openindiana.org/2016/11/01/cve-2016-6560-cve-2016-6561-security-issues-in-i… (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6560?: CVE-2016-6560 is a high-severity vulnerability in Illumos, classified under CWE-195. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2017-03-31.
How severe is CVE-2016-6560?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.