VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2005-3848

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability5.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-11-27
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

Memory leak in the icmp_push_reply function in Linux 2.6 before 2.6.12.6 and 2.6.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of crafted packets that cause the ip_append_data function to fail, aka "DST leak in icmp_push_reply."

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