CVE-2016-10377

Published: May 29, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

8.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

In Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.5.0, a malformed IP packet can cause the switch to read past the end of the packet buffer due to an unsigned integer underflow in `lib/flow.c` in the function `miniflow_extract`, permitting remote bypass of the access control list enforced by the switch.

Affected (1)

Products: Openvswitch: Openvswitch

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Openvswitch Openvswitch	Version 2.5.0

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (2)

https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2016-July/319503.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory

https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2016-July/319503.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory

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