What is CVE-2016-1340?

CVE-2016-1340 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System Platform Emulator, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2016-04-16.

How severe is CVE-2016-1340?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Cisco Unified Computing System Platform Emulator

CVE-2016-1340

Heap-based buffer overflow in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Platform Emulator 2.5(2)TS4, 3.0(2c)A, and 3.0(2c)TS9 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted libclimeta.so filename arguments, aka Bug ID CSCux68837.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (32.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Unified_computing_system_platform_emulator — versions 2.5\(2\)ts4, 3.0\(2c\)a, 3.0\(2c\)ts9
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

psirt@cisco.com (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1340?: CVE-2016-1340 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System Platform Emulator, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2016-04-16.
How severe is CVE-2016-1340?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.