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CVE-2008-0384
OpenBSD 4.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by calling the SIOCGIFRTLABEL IOCTL on an interface that does…
Medium4.9EPSS 0.85%
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- mitre
Description
OpenBSD 4.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by calling the SIOCGIFRTLABEL IOCTL on an interface that does not have a route label, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference when the return value from the rtlabel_id2name function is not checked.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.85% · top 42% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
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Affected products
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References (6)
- 27252 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 4935 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- [4.2] 20080111 005: RELIABILITY FIX: January 11, 2008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENBSDx_transferred
- 28473 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1019188 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- [openbsd-security-announce] 20080111 errata 005 for OpenBSD 4.2: local users can provoke a kernel panic (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
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