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CVE-2012-4444
The ip6_frag_queue function in net/ipv6/reassembly.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 allows remote attackers to bypass intended network…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.6%
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- redhat
Description
The ip6_frag_queue function in net/ipv6/reassembly.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 allows remote attackers to bypass intended network restrictions via overlapping IPv6 fragments.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.6% · top 11% 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 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (10)
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2013:0856 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1580 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20121109 Re: CVE request --- acceptation of overlapping ipv6 fragments (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=874835 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/70789d7052239992824628db8133de08dc78e593 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=70789d7052239992824628db8133de08dc78e593 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://media.blackhat.com/bh-eu-12/Atlasis/bh-eu-12-Atlasis-Attacking_IPv6-WP.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-1661-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-1660-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
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- 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)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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