What is CVE-2016-8597?

CVE-2016-8597 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Libcsp, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-10-28.

How severe is CVE-2016-8597?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Libcsp

CVE-2016-8597

Buffer overflow in the csp_sfp_recv_fp in csp_sfp.c in the libcsp library v1.4 and earlier allows hostile components with network access to the SFP underlying network layers to execute arbitrary code via specially crafted SFP packets.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.023 (81.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Libcsp
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8597?: CVE-2016-8597 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Libcsp, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-10-28.
How severe is CVE-2016-8597?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.