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CVE-2016-8944

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-02-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

IBM AIX 7.1 and 7.2 allows a local user to open a file with a specially crafted argument that would crash the system. IBM APARs: IV91488, IV91487, IV91456, IV90234.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 7.1, 7.2

References

• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/sysproc_advisory.asc
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95888
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037759
• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/sysproc_advisory.asc
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95888
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037759

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