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CVE-2005-3858
Memory leak in the ip6_input_finish function in ip6_input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.12 and earlier might allow attackers to cause a denial of…
High7.8EPSS 3.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Memory leak in the ip6_input_finish function in ip6_input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.12 and earlier might allow attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed IPv6 packets with unspecified parameter problems, which prevents the SKB from being freed.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 11% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (16)
- RHSA-2006:0140 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 19038 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 16043 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 19369 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18203 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0101 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [linux-kernel] 20050829 Re: Linux 2.6.12.6 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-1018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 18510 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [linux-kernel] 20050826 [PATCH 7/7] [IPV6]: Fix SKB leak in ip6_input_finish() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9396 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- DSA-1017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 19374 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-231-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 18562 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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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