VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2005-3858
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability3.29%
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 ip6_input_finish function in ip6_input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.12 and earlier might allow attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed IPv6 packets with unspecified parameter problems, which prevents the SKB from being freed.