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CVE-2016-8650

CVSS v3.0 5.5 (Medium)
55% Progress
CVSS v2.0 4.9 (Medium)
49% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (5th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 13
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The mpi_powm function in lib/mpi/mpi-pow.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 does not ensure that memory is allocated for limb data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption and panic) via an add_key system call for an RSA key with a zero exponent.

Weaknesses
CWE-20
Improper Input Validation
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Published Date
2016-11-28 03:59:09
(7 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-02-12 23:26:33
(19 months ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel 4.8.11 and prior versions cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel <= 4.8.11