01 Record

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.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 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.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 36.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2017-03-07 16:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:29Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-07-26

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

85025cff8ce9ba8370937c910357a035c094447fcfa5324313111320c2d2bdd0

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

openbsdopenbsdNot specified—

06 References

cvsweb.openbsd.orghttp://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c.diff?r1=1.248&r2=1.249x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160726 CVE Request: Any User Can Panic Kernel Through Sysctl on OpenBSDhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/26/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160726 Re: CVE Request: Any User Can Panic Kernel Through Sysctl on OpenBSDhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/26/8mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.securityfocus.com92140http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92140vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
cvsweb.openbsd.orghttp://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/tmpfs/tmpfs_vfsops.c.diff?r1=1.9&r2=1.10x_refsource_CONFIRM