CVE-2010-0006
HIGH · CVSS 7.1EPSS 3.6%EU EUVD
The ipv6_hop_jumbo function in net/ipv6/exthdrs.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.4, when network namespaces are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an invalid IPv6 jumbogram, a related issue to CVE-2007-4567.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-476
- EPSS score
- 3.6% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-0038)
- Published
- January 26, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0038 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://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300951(Third Party Advisory)
- http://cert.fi/en/reports/2010/vulnerability341748.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2570a4f5428bcdb1077622342181755741e7fa60
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/034250.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00002.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=126343325807340&w=2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38168(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38333(Third Party Advisory)
- http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0006(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.4(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/14/2(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.osvdb.org/61876(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37810(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555217(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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