CVSS 3.0
4.4 mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCVE-2016-6246
OpenBSD 5.8 and 5.9 allows certain local users with kern.usermount privileges to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by mounting a tmpfs with a VNOVAL in the (1) username, (2) groupname, or (3) device name of the root node.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 37% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-20
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- openbsd:openbsd