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CVE-2016-0281

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0281 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the mustendd driver in IBM AIX and VIOS, specifically when the jumbo_frames feature is disabled. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending crafted packets, leading to an FC1763 or FC5899 adapter crash. Rated with a CVSS score of 3.7 (LOW), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and high attack complexity, resulting in a low impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:2.2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

3.7LOW

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0842 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 1,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

aix.software.ibm.com / aix/efixes/security/mustendd_advisory.asc
Vendor Advisory
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Broken Link
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Broken Link
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Broken Link
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Broken Link
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/92193
securitytracker.com / id/1036481