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CVE-2017-5970

CVSS v3.0 7.5 (High)
75% Progress
CVSS v2.0 5 (Medium)
50% Progress
EPSS 1.16 % (85th)
1.16% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 44
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The ipv4_pktinfo_prepare function in net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via (1) an application that makes crafted system calls or possibly (2) IPv4 traffic with invalid IP options.

Weaknesses
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2017-02-14 06:59:00
(7 years ago)
Updated Date
2019-10-03 00:03:26
(5 years ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel 4.9.9 and prior versions cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel <= 4.9.9