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CVE-2016-6560

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.6 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-195

Description

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

Affected products

• Illumos: all versions

References

• https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/5aaab1a49679c26dbcb6fb6dc25799950d70cc71
• https://www.illumos.org/issues/7488
• 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
• https://www.openindiana.org/2016/11/01/cve-2016-6560-cve-2016-6561-security-issues-in-illumos/

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