CVE-2016-1887 | BDVDB-2026-76159 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://cturt.github.io/sendmsg.html
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:19.sendmsg.asc
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035906

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12016-05-25Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.