CVE-2016-0281

low

Published 2016-08-08 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

3.7

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

CVSS v2

4.3

VIR risk

3.7

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

47%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/mustendd_advisory.asc

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ibm	vios	`2.2.0.10`
ibm	vios	`2.2.0.11`
ibm	vios	`2.2.0.12`
ibm	vios	`2.2.0.13`
ibm	vios	`2.2.1.0`
ibm	vios	`2.2.1.1`
ibm	vios	`2.2.1.3`
ibm	vios	`2.2.1.4`
ibm	vios	`2.2.1.5`
ibm	vios	`2.2.1.6`
ibm	vios	`2.2.1.7`
ibm	vios	`2.2.1.8`
ibm	vios	`2.2.1.9`
ibm	vios	`2.2.2.0`
ibm	vios	`2.2.2.1`
ibm	vios	`2.2.2.2`
ibm	vios	`2.2.2.3`
ibm	vios	`2.2.2.4`
ibm	vios	`2.2.2.5`
ibm	vios	`2.2.3.0`
ibm	vios	`2.2.3.1`
ibm	vios	`2.2.3.2`
ibm	vios	`2.2.3.3`
ibm	vios	`2.2.3.4`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.