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CVE-2016-0281
The mustendd driver in IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1, and 7.2 and VIOS 2.2.x, when the jumbo_frames feature is not enabled, allows remote…
Low3.7EPSS 8.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- ibm
Description
The mustendd driver in IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1, and 7.2 and VIOS 2.2.x, when the jumbo_frames feature is not enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (FC1763 or FC5899 adapter crash) via crafted packets.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Low3.7 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.4% · top 5.0% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.7.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- 1036481 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 92193 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- IV84184 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IV82421 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IV81459 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IV80569 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IV81357 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/mustendd_advisory.asc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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