CVE-2016-8633

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-11-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 4.8.6

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=667121ace9dbafb368618dbabcf07901c962ddac
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/06/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94149
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1170
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1190
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1391490
https://eyalitkin.wordpress.com/2016/11/06/cve-publication-cve-2016-8633/
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/667121ace9dbafb368618dbabcf07901c962ddac
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=667121ace9dbafb368618dbabcf07901c962ddac

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