ghsa-cq7v-vrjg-jccw
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 03:05
Modified
2022-05-17 03:05
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Details

Stack-based buffer overflow in the brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap function in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long SSID Information Element in a command to a Netlink socket.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-8658"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-119"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-10-16T21:59:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Stack-based buffer overflow in the brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap function in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long SSID Information Element in a command to a Netlink socket.",
  "id": "GHSA-cq7v-vrjg-jccw",
  "modified": "2022-05-17T03:05:27Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T03:05:27Z",
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    {
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      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93541"
    },
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      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3145-1"
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