CVE-2007-4567
HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 14.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 14.3% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-4549)
- Published
- December 21, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4549 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
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8450
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e76b2b2567b83448c2ee85a896433b96150c92e6
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25505(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28170(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28706(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38015(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0019.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0053.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26943
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548641
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39171
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11083
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7474
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/558-1/
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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