CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-8658

6.1 MEDIUM Published 2016-10-16 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-10-16
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119

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.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 4.7.4)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

References