CVE-2010-0437
The ip6_dst_lookup_tail function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not properly handle certain circumstances…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 12.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The ip6_dst_lookup_tail function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not properly handle certain circumstances involving an IPv6 TUN network interface and a large number of neighbors, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
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.x - 'net/ipv6/ip6_output.c' Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33635dos, linuxpublished 31 Jul 2008Verified
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 redhat
- 56 days later
· 56 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 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 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.3% · top 3.8% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- RHSA-2010:0147 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11469 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10061 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100211 CVE request - kernel: ip6_dst_lookup_tail() NULL pointer dereference (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 43315 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=563781 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 39033 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100304 Re: CVE request - kernel: ip6_dst_lookup_tail() NULL pointer dereference (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e550dfb0c2c31b6363aa463a035fc9f8dcaa3c9b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20110211 VMSA-2011-0003 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0161 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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-2010-0468 (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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