CVE-2017-7542

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7542
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-7542.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-7542
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Published
2017-07-21T16:29:00Z
Modified
2025-08-09T19:01:26Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The ip6find1stfragopt function in net/ipv6/output_core.c in the Linux kernel through 4.12.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and infinite loop) by leveraging the ability to open a raw socket.

References

Affected packages