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CVE-2016-10377

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10377 describes a critical vulnerability in Open vSwitch (OvS) version 2.5.0, where a malformed IP packet can lead to an unsigned integer underflow in the `miniflow_extract` function. This flaw allows an attacker to read past the end of a packet buffer, enabling remote bypass of the switch's access control list. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability poses a significant risk, as it is exploitable over the network with low complexity and can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or significant community discussion has been observed.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openvswitch:openvswitch:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0094 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 1,857 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4Fixed in: openvswitch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-10377Moderate

openvswitch: Unsigned integer overflow in the miniflow_extract function

Jul 22, 2016

References

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