CVE-2016-8633

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CVSS 3.0

6.8 medium

EPSS

2%p77

Published

Nov 28, 2016 (Nov 28, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

drivers/firewire/net.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.7, in certain unusual hardware configurations, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted fragmented packets.

Vendors: linux
Products: linux kernel
Weakness: CWE-119, CWE-284
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.8%)

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