CVE-2016-8944 (GCVE-0-2016-8944)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-15 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:35
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • Denial of Service
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/s… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037759 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95888 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM Corporation AIX Affected: 7
Affected: 1
Affected: 7.2
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Date Public
2017-01-30 00:00
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