vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-7bbc0e8c-600a-11e6-a6c3-14dae9d210b8 (CVE-2016-1886): FreeBSD -- Buffer overflow in keyboard driver
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Aug 11, 2016 | Dec 10, 2025 | Dec 10, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 11, 2016
Added
Dec 10, 2025
Modified
Dec 10, 2025
Description
Problem Description: Incorrect signedness comparison in the ioctl(2) handler allows a malicious local user to overwrite a portion of the kernel memory. Impact: A local user may crash the kernel, read a portion of kernel memory and execute arbitrary code in kernel context. The result of executing an arbitrary kernel code is privilege escalation.
Solutions
freebsd-upgrade-base-10_3-release-p3freebsd-upgrade-base-10_2-release-p17freebsd-upgrade-base-10_1-release-p34freebsd-upgrade-base-9_3-release-p42
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