CVE - CVE-2016-1886

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-1886	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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."
References
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BID:90734 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90734 CONFIRM:https://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-16:18/atkbd.patch FREEBSD:FreeBSD-SA-16:18 URL:https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:18.atkbd.asc MISC:http://cturt.github.io/SETFKEY.html SECTRACK:1035905 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035905
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20160113	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160113)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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