CVE-2016-1886
highpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.011 · 67 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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."
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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exploits (1)
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affected products (9)
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also known as (5)
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references (15)
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- http://cturt.github.io/SETFKEY.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035905cnnvd
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-16:18/atkbd.patchcnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=34738cnnvd
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:18.atkbd.asccnnvd
- http://cturt.github.io/SETFKEY.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90734enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035905enisa_euvd
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