Denial of Service Vulnerability in OpenBSD 5.8 and 5.9: Exploiting __MAP_NOFAULT in mmap Extension

Denial of Service Vulnerability in OpenBSD 5.8 and 5.9: Exploiting __MAP_NOFAULT in mmap Extension

CVE-2016-6239 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

The mmap extension __MAP_NOFAULT in OpenBSD 5.8 and 5.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic and crash) via a large size value.

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