VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-4538

CVSS score10 HIGH
EPSS probability8.38%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2010-01-12
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c in the e1000e driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.32.3 and earlier does not properly check the size of an Ethernet frame that exceeds the MTU, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via crafted packets, a related issue to CVE-2009-4537.

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