{
    "id": "CVE-2010-0437",
    "published": "2010-03-24 13:34:34",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:16:10",
    "cvss_score": "7.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "The ip6_dst_lookup_tail function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not properly handle certain circumstances involving an IPv6 TUN network interface and a large number of neighbors, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.",
    "epss_score": "0.12327",
    "epss_percentile": "0.96079",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-02 18:17:10",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "linux",
            "product": "linux_kernel"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "33635",
            "title": "Linux Kernel 2.6.x - 'net/ipv6/ip6_output.c' Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service",
            "date": "2008-07-31",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33635"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11469",
        "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e550dfb0c2c31b6363aa463a035fc9f8dcaa3c9b",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/39033",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/43315",
        "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/11/1",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/04/4",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0147.html",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0161.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=563781",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10061",
        "http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11469",
        "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e550dfb0c2c31b6363aa463a035fc9f8dcaa3c9b",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/39033",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/43315",
        "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/11/1",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/04/4",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0147.html",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0161.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=563781"
    ]
}