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CVE-2002-0046
Linux kernel, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to read portions of memory via a series of fragmented ICMP…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.7%
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- mitre
Description
Linux kernel, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to read portions of memory via a series of fragmented ICMP packets that generate an ICMP TTL Exceeded response, which includes portions of the memory in the response packet.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- icmp-read-memory(7998) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 5394 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20020120 remote memory reading through tcp/icmp (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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