CVE-2016-6242

PoC —

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p36

Published

Mar 7, 2017 (Mar 7, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

OpenBSD 5.8 and 5.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and kernel panic) via a large ident value in a kevent system call.

Vendors: openbsd
Products: openbsd
Weakness: CWE-189
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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