VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-6560
illumos osnet-incorporation bcopy() and bzero() implementations make signed instead of unsigned comparisons allowing a system crash.
HIGH 8.6EPSS 1.68%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.68%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
illumos osnet-incorporation bcopy() and bzero() implementations make signed instead of unsigned comparisons allowing a system crash.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.6 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.68% probability · 76th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-195, CWE-20
- Affected
- illumos/illumos
- Source
- cret@cert.org
References
- https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/5aaab1a49679c26dbcb6fb6dc25799950d70cc71Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.illumos.org/issues/7488Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.openindiana.org/2016/11/01/cve-2016-6560-cve-2016-6561-security-issues-in-illumos/Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/5aaab1a49679c26dbcb6fb6dc25799950d70cc71Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.illumos.org/issues/7488Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.openindiana.org/2016/11/01/cve-2016-6560-cve-2016-6561-security-issues-in-illumos/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.