VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-2750
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability3.82%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-06-18
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Description
The pppol2tp_recvmsg function in drivers/net/pppol2tp.c in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.26-rc6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel heap memory corruption and system crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PPPOL2TP packet that results in a large value for a certain length variable.
Weakness classification
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation