CVE-2016-2074 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in ovs-vswitchd within Open vSwitch versions 2.2.x and 2.3.x before 2.3.3, and 2.4.x before 2.4.1, also affecting Red Hat OpenShift and Open vSwitch. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted MPLS packets, as demonstrated by a long string in an ovs-appctl command. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no user interaction or authentication, and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical nature, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvswitch:openvswitch:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvswitch:openvswitch:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvswitch:openvswitch:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvswitch:openvswitch:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvswitch:openvswitch:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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