Use after free in Joyent SmartOS
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations of Joyent SmartOS release-20170803-20170803T064301Z. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the SMBIOC_TREE_RELE ioctl. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the host OS. Was ZDI-CAN-4984.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-1166
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x8h6-px62-hfm6
References
More Joyent Smartos vulnerabilities
- 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-2016-07398 Buffer overflow in Joyent SmartOS CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0
Sources
- CVE-2018-1166 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-1166 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x8h6-px62-hfm6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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