CVE-2016-2074
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 6.4% (pctl 93)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
Buffer overflow in lib/flow.c in ovs-vswitchd in Open vSwitch 2.2.x and 2.3.x before 2.3.3 and 2.4.x before 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted MPLS packets, as demonstrated by a long string in an ovs-appctl command.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 6.4% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2016-07-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| openvswitch | openvswitch |
| redhat | openshift |
References
- http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/announce/2016-March/000082.html
- http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/announce/2016-March/000083.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0523.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0524.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0537.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3533
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85700
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0615
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1318553
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2074
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-07
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX232655
- http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/announce/2016-March/000082.html
- http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/announce/2016-March/000083.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0523.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0524.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0537.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3533
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85700
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0615
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