CVE-2016-8944

MEDIUM

IBM AIX 7.1-7.2 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

Description

IBM AIX 7.1 and 7.2 allows a local user to open a file with a specially crafted argument that would crash the system. IBM APARs: IV91488, IV91487, IV91456, IV90234.

References (3)

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 15.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-20
Status published

Affected Products (5)

ibm/aix
ibm/aix
IBM Corporation/AIX < 7
IBM Corporation/AIX < 1
IBM Corporation/AIX < 7.2

Timeline

Published Feb 15, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026