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CVE-2026-16851

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Published: Aug 19, 2026Modified: Aug 24, 2026

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7.4
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 4.0
Source: psirt@us.ibm.com (Secondary)

Description

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to a use-after-free.

Affected (7)

Products: Ibm: Aix, Vios
Ibm
2 products
Aix
Vios
Configuration A
4 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Ibm
Aix
From 7.2.5 to 7.2.5.212
Aix
From 7.3.2 to 7.3.2.5
Aix
From 7.3.3 to 7.3.3.2
Aix
From 7.3.4 to 7.3.4.1
Configuration B
3 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Ibm
Vios
From 4.1.0 to 4.1.0.50
Vios
From 4.1.1.0 to 4.1.1.30
Vios
From 4.1.2.0 to 4.1.2.20

Related CWEs

CWE-416
Use After Free
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

References (1)

Source: psirt@us.ibm.com
PatchVendor Advisory

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