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CVE-2016-8633
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-11-28T03:59:06.063 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:54:38.997

Summary

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 — linux_kernel

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References

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