CVE-2016-8106

Ethernet Controller X710 Firmware vulnerability

CVSS

5.9

EPSS

5.1%

EPSS pct

92th

Exploited

No known

A Denial of Service in Intel Ethernet Controller's X710/XL710 with Non-Volatile Memory Images before version 5.05 allows a remote attacker to stop the controller from processing network traffic working under certain network use conditions.

Affected vendor

Intel

Affected product

Ethernet Controller X710 Firmware

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Published

2017-01-09

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-8106

Confirm whether Intel Ethernet Controller X710 Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-8106.
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