What is CVE-2016-9034?

CVE-2016-9034 is a high-severity vulnerability in Joyent Smartos, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2016-12-14.

How severe is CVE-2016-9034?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-9034 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Joyent Smartos

CVE-2016-9034

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 32-bit file systems. An attack…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.001 (19.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Joyent Smartos — versions OS 20161110T013148Z

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Live-Hack-CVE/CVE-2016-9034

References

94930 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Broken Link)
talos-cna@cisco.com (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9034?: CVE-2016-9034 is a high-severity vulnerability in Joyent Smartos, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2016-12-14.
How severe is CVE-2016-9034?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-9034 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.