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CVE-1999-08041 exploit

Denial of service in Linux 2.2.x kernels via malformed ICMP packets containing unusual types, codes, and IP header lengths.

Published 27 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
5.6%
percentile 93%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Denial of service in Linux 2.2.x kernels via malformed ICMP packets containing unusual types, codes, and IP header lengths.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

5.64% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-19241 Linux Kernel 2.2/2.3 (Debian Linux 2.1 / RedHat Linux 6.0 / SuSE Linux 6.1) - IP Options · dos · 1999-06-01

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Technology feeds
Linux kernel (RSS, critical only)

References

Sources

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