CVE-2016-8596
Buffer overflow in the csp_can_process_frame in csp_if_can.c in the libcsp library v1.4 and...
CVE-2016-8596 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Libcsp, published October 28, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.26%, the 82nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
Buffer overflow in the csp_can_process_frame in csp_if_can.c in the libcsp library v1.4 and earlier allows hostile components connected to the canbus to execute arbitrary code via a long csp packet.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Buffer overflow in the csp_can_process_frame in csp_if_can.c in the libcsp library v1.4 and earlier allows hostile components connected to the canbus to execute arbitrary code via a long csp packet.
- Record
CVE-2016-8596- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Buffer overflow in the csp_can_process_frame in csp_if_can.c in the libcsp library v1.4 and earlier allows hostile components connected to the canbus to execute arbitrary code via a long csp packet.
- Record
CVE-2016-8596- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-9443 No score
Buffer overflow in the csp_can_process_frame in csp_if_can.c in the libcsp library v1.4 and earlier allows hostile components connected to the canbus to execute arbitrary code via a long csp packet.
- Record
EUVD-2016-9443- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qcv6-xx53-38r7
Buffer overflow in the csp_can_process_frame in csp_if_can.c in the libcsp library v1.4 and...
Buffer overflow in the csp_can_process_frame in csp_if_can.c in the libcsp library v1.4 and earlier allows hostile components connected to the canbus to execute arbitrary code via a long csp packet.
- Record
GHSA-qcv6-xx53-38r7- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Buffer overflow in the csp_can_process_frame in csp_if_can.c in the libcsp library v1.4 and earlier allows hostile components connected to the canbus to execute arbitrary code via a long csp packet.
- Record
CVE-2016-8596- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-8596
Buffer overflow in the csp_can_process_frame in csp_if_can.c in the libcsp library v1.4 and earlier allows hostile components connected to the canbus to execute arbitrary code via a long csp packet.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8596- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |