Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-2074

Title: Redhat Openshift RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-2074.

CWE Category CWE-119
Published Date Jul 03, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 9.8 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
6.28%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-2074: Buffer overflow in lib/flow.c in ovs-vswitchd in Open vSwitch 2.2.x and 2.3.x before 2.3.3 and 2.4.x before 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted MPLS packets, as demonstrated by a long string in an ovs-appctl command.

Impacted Vendors

O
openvswitch 1
R
redhat 1

Reference Links

http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/announce/2016-March/000082.html http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/announce/2016-March/000083.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0523.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0524.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0537.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3533 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85700 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0615 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1318553 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2074 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-07 https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX232655 http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/announce/2016-March/000082.html http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/announce/2016-March/000083.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0523.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0524.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0537.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3533 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85700 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0615 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1318553 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2074 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-07 https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX232655
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-2074 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.