| CVE-2016-8658 | Date: (C)2016-10-18 (M)2023-12-22 |
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.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -| CVSS V3 Severity: | CVSS V2 Severity: |
| CVSS Score : 6.1 | CVSS Score : 5.6 |
| Exploit Score: 1.8 | Exploit Score: 3.9 |
| Impact Score: 4.2 | Impact Score: 7.8 |
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| CVSS V3 Metrics: | CVSS V2 Metrics: |
| Attack Vector: LOCAL | Access Vector: LOCAL |
| Attack Complexity: LOW | Access Complexity: LOW |
| Privileges Required: LOW | Authentication: NONE |
| User Interaction: NONE | Confidentiality: NONE |
| Scope: UNCHANGED | Integrity: PARTIAL |
| Confidentiality: NONE | Availability: COMPLETE |
| Integrity: LOW | |
| Availability: HIGH | |
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