CVE-2004-0424
Integer overflow in the ip_setsockopt function in Linux kernel 2.4.22 through 2.4.25 and 2.6.1 through 2.6.3 allows local users to cause a…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 1.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 31% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Integer overflow in the ip_setsockopt function in Linux kernel 2.4.22 through 2.4.25 and 2.6.1 through 2.6.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via the MCAST_MSFILTER socket option.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Linux Kernel 2.6.3 - 'setsockopt' Local Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 274dos, linuxpublished 21 Apr 2004Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 9 days later
· 9 days later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 31% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- SSA:2004-119 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- SuSE-SA:2004:010 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:939 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11214 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:183 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDKSA-2004:037 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- linux-ipsetsockopt-integer-bo(15907) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 10179 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ESA-20040428-004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_ENGARDEx_transferred
- http://www.isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0015-msfilter.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- CLA-2004:852 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- 20040420 Linux kernel setsockopt MCAST_MSFILTER integer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-0423 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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