CVE-2016-1889 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the bhyve hypervisor within FreeBSD versions 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, and 11.0. This flaw, triggered when the hypervisor is configured with substantial guest memory, allows a local attacker to escalate privileges by crafting a malicious device descriptor. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability presents a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.