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CVE-2016-1881

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-02-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The kernel in FreeBSD 9.3, 10.1, and 10.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or potentially gain privilege via a crafted Linux compatibility layer setgroups system call.

Affected products

• FreeBSD: 9.3, 10.1, 10.2

References

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034676
• https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:04.linux.asc
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034676
• https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:04.linux.asc

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