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CVE-2014-7207
A certain Debian patch to the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel 3.2.x through 3.2.63 does not properly validate arguments in…
Medium4.9EPSS 0.38%
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- debian
Description
A certain Debian patch to the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel 3.2.x through 3.2.63 does not properly validate arguments in ipv6_select_ident function calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by leveraging (1) tun or (2) macvtap device access.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 68% 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)
- USN-2418-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2417-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-3060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20141102 CVE-2014-7207 assignment: Debian-specific Linux 3.2 backport issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766195 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 70867 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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