CVE-2008-0177 EXPLOIT
7.8
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 15.5% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The ipcomp6_input function in sys/netinet6/ipcomp_input.c in the KAME project before 20071201 does not properly check the return value of the m_pulldown function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an IPv6 packet with an IPComp header.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| EPSS | 15.54% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-02-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| kame | ipcomp |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Apple Mac OSX xnu 1228.3.13 - IPv6-ipcomp Remote kernel Denial of Service (PoC) | 2008-02-26 |
References
- http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/netinet6/ipcomp_input.c?f=u&only_with_tag=netbsd-3-1
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28788
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28816
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28979
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29130
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30430
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31074
- http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:04.ipsec.asc
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019314
- http://www.kame.net/dev/cvsweb2.cgi/kame/kame/sys/netinet6/ipcomp_input.c.diff?r1=1.36%3Br2=1.37
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/110947
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27642
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0441
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0688
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5191
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