CVE-2016-8632
—CVSS 3.1
7.8 high
EPSS
<1%p33
Published
()
Modified
Description
The tipc_msg_build function in net/tipc/msg.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 does not validate the relationship between the minimum fragment length and the maximum packet size, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.
- Vendors
- linux
- Products
- linux kernel
- Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-264
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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