CVE-2016-1889

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% 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-190

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.

Affected products

FreeBSD: 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.0

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037400
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:38.bhyve.asc
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037400
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:38.bhyve.asc

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