VDB
CVE-2016-8658
CVE-2016-8658
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 0.30% · 53.9th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.30%
53.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux | 4.4.0-42.62, 4.3.0-6.17, 4.4.0-22.39 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-vivid | 3.19.0-18.18~14.04.1, *, * |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-snapdragon | 4.4.0-1032.36, 0, 4.4.0-1012.12 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-xenial | *, *, * |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux | 3.13.0-1.16, 3.12.0-7.15, 3.12.0-5.13 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-raspi2 | 4.4.0-1017.23, 4.4.0-1010.12, 4.4.0-1016.22 |
Timeline
- Oct 16, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8658 third-party-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ded89912156b1a47d940a0c954c43afbabd0c42c third-party-advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.5 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/13/1 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384403 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ded89912156b1a47d940a0c954c43afbabd0c42c third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3145-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3145-2 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3146-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3146-2 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3161-3 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3161-4 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8658 third-party-advisory