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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2016-11-28

Updated: 2018-04-12

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 6.2

Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Impact Score: 10

Exploitability Score: 1.9

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 6.8

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

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 0.9

Severity: MEDIUM