CVE-2008-0177
HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 15.5%EU EUVD
The ipcomp6_input function in sys/netinet6/ipcomp_input.c in the KAME project before 20071201 does not properly check the return value of the m_pulldown function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an IPv6 packet with an IPComp header.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- EPSS score
- 15.5% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0189)
- Published
- February 7, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0189 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- kame / ipcomp
References
- http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/netinet6/ipcomp_input.c?f=u&only_with_tag=netbsd-3-1(Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28788(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28816(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28979
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29130
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30430
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31074
- http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:04.ipsec.asc
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019314
- http://www.kame.net/dev/cvsweb2.cgi/kame/kame/sys/netinet6/ipcomp_input.c.diff?r1=1.36%3Br2=1.37
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/110947(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27642(Patch)
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0441
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0688
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5191
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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