CVE-2016-2074

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2074
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2074.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-2074
Downstream
Published
2016-07-03T21:59:10.837Z
Modified
2026-07-08T05:49:07.963944713Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "2.2.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2.2.0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "2.3.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2.3.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "openvswitch:openvswitch",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:a:openvswitch:openvswitch:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:openvswitch:openvswitch:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "3.1"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "3.1"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "redhat:openshift",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.1:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/openvswitch/ovs

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs
Events
Database specific
{
    "source": "CPE_STRING",
    "cpe": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:openvswitch:openvswitch:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:openvswitch:openvswitch:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:openvswitch:openvswitch:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "2.3.1"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.3.1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.3.2"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.3.2"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.4.0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.4.0"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

2.*
2.3.1
2.3.2
2.4.0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2074.json"