CVE-2016-8632

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 33.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-11-28 03:01Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:27Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-10-12

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-264

Data version

5.1

Document digest

32e303c5a03e5cd9e0e9d4793a181f8af6d522c5900adc6b9008832dd36f26c4

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161108 CVE-2016-8632 -- Linux kernel: tipc_msg_build() doesn't validate MTU that can trigger heap overflowhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/08/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1390832x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com94211http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94211vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.mail-archive.com[netdev] 20161018 [PATCH net] tipc: Guard against tiny MTU in tipc_msg_build()https://www.mail-archive.com/netdev%40vger.kernel.org/msg133205.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST