CVE-2007-1000
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 1.1%EU EUVD
The ipv6_getsockopt_sticky function in net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.20.2 allows local users to read arbitrary kernel memory via certain getsockopt calls that trigger a NULL dereference.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 1.1% (67th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-0997)
- Published
- March 12, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-0997 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8134
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2787
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2788
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-May/0001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24493
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24518
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24777
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24901
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25080
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25099
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25691
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26133
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26139
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/920689(US Government Resource)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.2
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:078
- http://www.osvdb.org/33025
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0169.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22904(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-486-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0907
- http://www.wslabi.com/wabisabilabi/initPublishedBid.do?
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1153
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10015
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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