CVE-2016-8632
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8632
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8632.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-8632
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-11-28T03:59:04Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:27Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The tipcmsgbuild function in net/tipc/msg.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 does not validate the relationship between the minimum fragment length and the maximum packet size, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN capability.
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