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TI-2016-07403 Aliases CVE-2016-9040GHSA-9x7x-fv7w-r8pq

Uncontrolled resource consumption in Joyent SmartOS

Priority LOW 25CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

An exploitable denial of service exists in the the Joyent SmartOS OS 20161110T013148Z Hyprlofs file system. The vulnerability is present in the Ioctl system call with the command HYPRLOFSADDENTRIES when used with a 32 bit model. An attacker can cause a buffer to be allocated and never freed. When repeatedly exploit this will result in memory exhaustion, resulting in a full system denial of service.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00473 41st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
JoyentSmartOS20161110T013148Z—No fix listedCNA
  • SmartOS VendorJoyent Affected 20161110T013148Z Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:joyent:smartos:20161110t013148z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*20161110t013148zVulnerableJoyent
  • cpe:2.3:o:joyent:smartos:20161110t013148z:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 20161110t013148z Vulnerable ·Joyent

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-9040
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9x7x-fv7w-r8pq

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2012-00210 The x86-64 kernel system-call functionality in Xen 4.1.2 and earlier, as used in Citrix… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2021-19340 An issue was discovered in illumos before f859e7171bb5db34321e45585839c6c3200ebb90… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2020-16788 An issue was discovered in illumos before 2020-10-22, as used in OmniOS before r151030by… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-07190 Integer overflow in Joyent SmartOS CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2016-07394 Integer overflow in Joyent SmartOS CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2018-01082 Use after free in Joyent SmartOS CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
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Sources

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