CVE-2016-8658
5.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C
6.1 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
Stack-based buffer overflow in the brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap function in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long SSID Information Element in a command to a Netlink socket.
Affected configurations
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux:linux_kernel | linux linux kernel | le | 4.7.4 |
References
git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ded89912156b1a47d940a0c954c43afbabd0c42c
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.5
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/13/1
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93541
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3145-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3145-2
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3146-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3146-2
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384403
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ded89912156b1a47d940a0c954c43afbabd0c42c
Related
5.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C
6.1 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%