Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2007-4997
Integer underflow in the ieee80211_rx function in net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted SKB length value in a runt IEEE 802.11 frame when the IEEE80211_STYPE_QOS_DATA flag is set, aka an "off-by-two error."
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.032 (87.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/28162 (third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1104.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/28806 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/28706 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38247 (vdb-entry)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/27824 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26337 (vdb-entry)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_59_kernel.html (vendor-advisory)