VulnerabilityModified
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.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.33%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.33%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.33% probability · 26th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-190
- Affected
- freebsd/freebsd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037400Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:38.bhyve.ascVendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037400Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:38.bhyve.ascVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.