VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2002-0046

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.68%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2002-01-31
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

Linux kernel, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to read portions of memory via a series of fragmented ICMP packets that generate an ICMP TTL Exceeded response, which includes portions of the memory in the response packet.

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