CVE-2016-8633

medium

Description

drivers/firewire/net.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.7, in certain unusual hardware configurations, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted fragmented packets.

References

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/667121ace9dbafb368618dbabcf07901c962ddac

https://eyalitkin.wordpress.com/2016/11/06/cve-publication-cve-2016-8633/

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/06/1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1391490

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1190

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1170

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94149

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.7

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=667121ace9dbafb368618dbabcf07901c962ddac

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-11-28

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H