{"schema_version":"1.7.5","id":"CVE-2016-8658","published":"2016-10-16T21:59:13.147Z","modified":"2026-04-16T06:16:42.819482193Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2016:2912-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3304-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0471-1"],"details":"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.","affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8658.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.7.4"}]}]}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93541"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.5"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3145-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3146-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3146-2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3145-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384403"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ded89912156b1a47d940a0c954c43afbabd0c42c"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ded89912156b1a47d940a0c954c43afbabd0c42c"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/13/1"}],"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H"}]}