CVE-2016-8944 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM AIX 7.1 and 7.2 allows a local user to open a file with a specially crafted argument that would crash the system. IBM APARs: IV91488, IV91487, IV91456, IV90234.

Published: 2017-02-15

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM Corporation

AIX

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`7`	affected	—
`1`	affected	—
`7.2`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.2:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-9769	IBM AIX 7.1 and 7.2 allows a local user to open a file with a specially crafted argument that would crash the system. IBM APARs: IV91488, IV91487, IV91456, IV90234.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00051.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/sysproc_advisory.asc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95888
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037759

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Aix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2017-02-15T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:35:02.355Z

Reserved: 2016-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-8944

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-15T19:59:01.063

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-8944

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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