CVE-2016-6247 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting OpenBSD versions 5.8 and 5.9. A local attacker can trigger a kernel panic by unmounting a filesystem with an open vnode on the mnt_vnodelist. Rated Medium with a CVSS score of 5.5, this vulnerability requires local access and has a high impact on availability, leading to system instability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low likelihood of widespread exploitation.
| 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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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.