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CVE-2016-9039

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9039 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Joyent SmartOS 20161110T013148Z Hyprlofs file system. An authenticated local attacker can trigger a memory leak via the Ioctl system call with the HYPRLOFS_ADD_ENTRIES command, leading to memory exhaustion and a full system denial of service. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 5.5 (Medium) due to its local attack vector and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage 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

6.2MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0052 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

securityfocus.com / bid/95916
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
talosintelligence.com / reports/TALOS-2016-0257
ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry