CVE-2007-1730
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.6EPSS 0.8%EU EUVD
Integer signedness error in the DCCP support in the do_dccp_getsockopt function in net/dccp/proto.c in Linux kernel 2.6.20 and later allows local users to read kernel memory or cause a denial of service (oops) via a negative optlen value.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.8% (57th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-1724)
- Published
- March 28, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-1724 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://marc.info/?l=dccp&m=117509584316267&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25392
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2482
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/463934/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464144/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23162
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017820
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-464-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1143
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33274
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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