CVE-2016-6245 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting OpenBSD versions 5.8 and 5.9. A local attacker can trigger a kernel panic by providing a large size value to the getdents system call. This vulnerability has a medium severity CVSS score of 5.5, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local privileges, with the potential for high impact on system 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
5.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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