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Case File

CVE-2016-8636

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 1.15% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-02-22 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2016-8636
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
1.15%
Linux

Original NVD Description

Integer overflow in the mem_check_range function in drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption), obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, or possibly have unspecified other impact via a write or read request involving the "RDMA protocol over infiniband" (aka Soft RoCE) technology.