How severe is CVE-2016-8658?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of MEDIUM with a CVSS score of 6.1 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2016-8658?

This is classified as CWE-119, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2016-8658 - MEDIUM Severity | CVSS 6.1

Vulnerability Description

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.

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