CVE-2016-1889 (GCVE-0-2016-1889)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-15 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:10
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Summary
Integer overflow in the bhyve hypervisor in FreeBSD 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, and 11.0 when configured with a large amount of guest memory, allows local users to gain privilege via a crafted device descriptor.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037400 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeB… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
Date Public
2016-12-06 00:00
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