CVE-2016-6244

PoC —

CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

EPSS

2%p76

Published

Mar 7, 2017 (Mar 7, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The sys_thrsigdivert function in kern/kern_sig.c in the OpenBSD kernel 5.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a negative "ts.tv_sec" value.

Vendors: openbsd
Products: openbsd
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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