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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2008-0177 in the critical feed json

The ipcomp6_input function in sys/netinet6/ipcomp_input.c in the KAME project before 20071201 does not properly check the return value of t…

published 2008-02-07 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-0189

cvss
7.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
15.5%
EPSS 15.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The ipcomp6_input function in sys/netinet6/ipcomp_input.c in the KAME project before 20071201 does not properly check the return value of the m_pulldown function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an IPv6 packet with an IPComp header.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-5191)

Exploit prediction

15.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-5191 Apple Mac OSX xnu 1228.3.13 - IPv6-ipcomp Remote kernel Denial of Service (PoC) dos, 2008-02-26

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

References

Sources

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