CVE-2016-6115

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

IBM General Parallel File System is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. A remote authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges or cause the server to crash.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.2/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Feb 1, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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