CVE & CISA-KEV CatalogNVD
CVE-2012-0207
HIGHEPSS 97th pctl7.5
CVSS v3
Description
The igmp_heard_query function in net/ipv4/igmp.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and panic) via IGMP packets.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
Impact
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
20.49%probability of exploitation in 30 days
97thpercentile
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=654876
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a8c1f65c79cbbb2f7da782d4c9d15639a9b94b27
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/10/5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772867
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/25c413ad0029ea86008234be28aee33456e53e5b
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a8c1f65c79cbbb2f7da782d4c9d15639a9b94b27
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