UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8633

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8633

    Published: 27 Nov 2016Last Modified: 26 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-8633
    Aliases:
    USN-3161-1
    USN-3161-2
    USN-3161-3

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8633, https://git.kernel.org/linus/667121ace9dbafb368618dbabcf07901c962ddac, https://eyalitkin.wordpress.com/2016/11/06/cve-publication-cve-2016-8633/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3161-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3161-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3161-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3161-4, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3162-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3162-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3445-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3445-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8633

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-133.182

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High