CVE-2016-6560

high

Description

illumos osnet-incorporation bcopy() and bzero() implementations make signed instead of unsigned comparisons allowing a system crash.

References

Advisories
More

https://www.openindiana.org/2016/11/01/cve-2016-6560-cve-2016-6561-security-issues-in-illumos/

https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/5aaab1a49679c26dbcb6fb6dc25799950d70cc71

https://www.illumos.org/issues/7488

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-03-31

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.6

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00481