VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-8650

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-11-28
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references