VulnerabilityModified
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.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.43%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.43% probability · 37th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- openbsd/openbsd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c.diff?r1=1.248&r2=1.249Patch
- http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/tmpfs/tmpfs_vfsops.c.diff?r1=1.9&r2=1.10Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/26/6Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/26/8Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92140
- http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c.diff?r1=1.248&r2=1.249Patch
- http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/tmpfs/tmpfs_vfsops.c.diff?r1=1.9&r2=1.10Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/26/6Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/26/8Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92140
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.