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CVE-2016-6561

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-03-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

illumos smbsrv NULL pointer dereference allows system crash.

Affected products

• Illumos: all versions

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98079
• https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/6d1c73b5858fefc6161c7d686345f0dc887ea799
• https://www.illumos.org/issues/7483
• https://www.openindiana.org/2016/11/01/cve-2016-6560-cve-2016-6561-security-issues-in-illumos/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98079
• https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/6d1c73b5858fefc6161c7d686345f0dc887ea799
• https://www.illumos.org/issues/7483
• https://www.openindiana.org/2016/11/01/cve-2016-6560-cve-2016-6561-security-issues-in-illumos/

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