CVEvulnerability

CVE-2007-4567

7.8 HIGH Published 2007-12-21 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2007-12-21
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

The ipv6_hop_jumbo function in net/ipv6/exthdrs.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22 does not properly validate the hop-by-hop IPv6 extended header, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and kernel panic) via a crafted IPv6 packet.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 2.6.21.7) • linux linux kernel 2.2.27 • linux linux kernel 2.4.36 • linux linux kernel 2.4.36.1 • linux linux kernel 2.4.36.2 • linux linux kernel 2.4.36.3 • linux linux kernel 2.4.36.4 • linux linux kernel 2.4.36.5 • linux linux kernel 2.4.36.6 • linux linux kernel 2.6 • linux linux kernel 2.6.18 • linux linux kernel 2.6.19.4 • linux linux kernel 2.6.19.5 • linux linux kernel 2.6.19.6 • linux linux kernel 2.6.19.7 • linux linux kernel 2.6.20.16 • linux linux kernel 2.6.20.17 • linux linux kernel 2.6.20.18 • linux linux kernel 2.6.20.19 • linux linux kernel 2.6.20.20 • linux linux kernel 2.6.20.21 • linux linux kernel 2.6.21.5 • linux linux kernel 2.6.21.6

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References