VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2012-2744

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability4.47%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-08-09
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34, when the nf_conntrack_ipv6 module is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via certain types of fragmented IPv6 packets.

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