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medium 6.6

CVE-2007-1730 json

Integer signedness error in the DCCP support in the do_dccp_getsockopt function in net/dccp/proto.c in Linux kernel 2.6.20 and later allows…

published 2007-03-28 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-1724

cvss
6.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Integer signedness error in the DCCP support in the do_dccp_getsockopt function in net/dccp/proto.c in Linux kernel 2.6.20 and later allows local users to read kernel memory or cause a denial of service (oops) via a negative optlen value.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-1730 updated

kernel dccp memory disclosure

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-3587)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

0.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-3595 Linux Kernel 2.6.20 with DCCP Support - Memory Disclosure (2) local, 2007-03-28
  • EDB-3587 Linux Kernel 2.6.20 with DCCP Support - Memory Disclosure (1) local, 2007-03-27

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C

Classification

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Sources

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