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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-8597

Buffer overflow in the csp_sfp_recv_fp in csp_sfp.c in the libcsp library v1.4 and earlier allows hostile components with network access to the SFP underlying network layers to execute arbitrary code via specially crafted SFP packets.

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1 Nov 2026, 04:27 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2016-8597

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Oct 2016, 15:59 UTC

Buffer overflow in the csp_sfp_recv_fp in csp_sfp.c in the libcsp library v1.4 and earlier allows hostile components with network access to the SFP underlying network layers to execute arbitrary code via specially crafted SFP packets.

osv:CVE-2016-8597
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:18.467055418Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/GomSpace/libcsp/pull/80"
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