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CVE-2016-9033

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9033 describes an exploitable buffer overflow in the Joyent SmartOS 20161110T013148Z Hyprlofs file system, specifically within the Ioctl system call when handling native file systems. An attacker can craft malicious input to trigger an out-of-bounds memory access, potentially leading to privilege escalation. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.0 (HIGH) due to its local attack vector, high attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
20161110t013148zCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:joyent:smartos:20161110t013148z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.0HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
41.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0053 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 1,516 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

securityfocus.com / bid/94928
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
talosintelligence.com / reports/TALOS-2016-0251
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry