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CVE-2015-7516

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-08-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

ONOS before 1.5.0 when using the ifwd app allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and switch disconnect) by sending two Ethernet frames with ether_type Jumbo Frame (0x8870).

Affected products

• onosproject Onos: through 1.4.0

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/26/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77752
• https://gerrit.onosproject.org/#/c/6137/
• https://jira.onosproject.org/browse/ONOS-3349
• https://wiki.onosproject.org/display/ONOS/Security+advisories
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/26/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77752
• https://gerrit.onosproject.org/#/c/6137/
• https://jira.onosproject.org/browse/ONOS-3349
• https://wiki.onosproject.org/display/ONOS/Security+advisories

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