{"alias":[],"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.","epss":{"percentile":"0.53611","score":"0.003030"},"id":"CVE-2016-8658","metrics":{"cvss2":{"ac_insuf_info":0,"access_complexity":"LOW","access_vector":"LOCAL","authentication":"NONE","availability_impact":"COMPLETE","base_score":5.6,"base_severity":"MEDIUM","confidentiality_impact":"NONE","exploitability_score":3.9,"impact_score":7.8,"integrity_impact":"PARTIAL","obtain_all_privilege":0,"obtain_other_privilege":0,"obtain_user_privilege":0,"user_interaction_required":0,"vector_string":"AV:L\/AC:L\/Au:N\/C:N\/I:P\/A:C","version":"2.0"},"cvss3":{"attack_complexity":"LOW","attack_vector":"LOCAL","availability_impact":"HIGH","base_score":6.1,"base_severity":"MEDIUM","confidentiality_impact":"NONE","exploitability_score":1.8,"impact_score":4.2,"integrity_impact":"LOW","privileges_required":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","user_interaction":"NONE","vector_string":"CVSS:3.0\/AV:L\/AC:L\/PR:L\/UI:N\/S:U\/C:N\/I:L\/A:H","version":"3.0"}},"modified":"2026-05-06T22:30:45","nvd_status":"Modified","published":"2016-10-16T21:59:13","score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","source":"cve@mitre.org","status":"PUBLISHED","weaknesses":[{"id":"CWE-119","name":"Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer","type":"weakness"}]}