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high 7.5

CVE-2004-0816 in the critical feed json

Integer underflow in the firewall logging rules for iptables in Linux before 2.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ap…

published 2004-10-26 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0814

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
11.5%
EPSS 11.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Integer underflow in the firewall logging rules for iptables in Linux before 2.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed IP packet.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 2.6.8

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-24696)

Exploit prediction

11.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-24696 Linux Kernel 2.6.x - IPTables Logging Rules Integer Underflow Remote (PoC) dos, 2004-11-21

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-191 Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)
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Sources

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