CVE-2016-1889

high

Description

Integer overflow in the bhyve hypervisor in FreeBSD 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, and 11.0 when configured with a large amount of guest memory, allows local users to gain privilege via a crafted device descriptor.

References

https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:38.bhyve.asc

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037400

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-02-15

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H