CVE-2016-8658

CVSS V2 Medium 5.6 CVSS V3 Medium 6.1

Description

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-8658

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2016-10-16T21:59:13

Last Modified Date
2017-01-07T03:00:43

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-119	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	1	OR		4.7.4

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
5.6

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
7.8

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
6.1

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
4.2

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
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
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384403	Issue Tracking
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ded89912156b1a47d940a0c954c43afbabd0c42c	Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ded89912156b1a47d940a0c954c43afbabd0c42c	Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93541
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3146-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3146-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3145-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3145-1

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8658
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8658

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:50:51				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:45:07	2016-10-16T21:59Z	2016-10-16T21:59:13	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 11:45:07		2017-01-07T03:00:43	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 11:45:07		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated