CVE-2011-1478

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 23 Oct 2011, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 22:28

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
23/100
CVSS Score
5.7 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.91% LOW
1% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 Oct 2011, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 22:28
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The napi_reuse_skb function in net/core/dev.c in the Generic Receive Offload (GRO) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 does not reset the values of certain structure members, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a malformed VLAN frame.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.7AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.91%• Percentile: 76%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-476•NULL Pointer Dereference

    The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 2.6.38

References (9)