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CVE-2016-1886

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 1.14%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-05-25 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2016-1886
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
1.14%

Original NVD Description

Integer signedness error in the genkbd_commonioctl function in sys/dev/kbd/kbd.c in FreeBSD 9.3 before p42, 10.1 before p34, 10.2 before p17, and 10.3 before p3 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, cause a denial of service (memory overwrite and kernel crash), or gain privileges via a negative value in the flen structure member in the arg argument in a SETFKEY ioctl call, which triggers a "two way heap and stack overflow."