CVE-2016-1889 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2017-02-15

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-2983	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00043.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037400
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:38.bhyve.asc

History

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Subscriptions

Freebsd Freebsd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-02-15T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:10:39.893Z

Reserved: 2016-01-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-1889

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-15T15:59:00.433

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-1889

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-190

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