CVE-2016-8658

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Desbordamiento de búfer basado en pila en la función brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap en drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c en el kernel de Linux en versiones anteriores a 4.7.5 permite a usuarios locales provocar una denegación de servicio (caída de sistema) o tener otro posible impacto no especificado a través de un SSID Information Element largo en un comando a un socket Netlink.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-10-13 CVE Reserved
2016-10-16 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (10)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.5	Release Notes
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/13/1	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93541	Vdb Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384403	Issue Tracking

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ded89912156b1a47d940a0c954c43afbabd0c42c	2017-01-07
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ded89912156b1a47d940a0c954c43afbabd0c42c	2017-01-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3145-1	2017-01-07
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3145-2	2017-01-07
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3146-1	2017-01-07
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3146-2	2017-01-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				<= 4.7.4 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " <= 4.7.4"		-		Affected