CVE-2007-1388 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2007-1388?

CVE-2007-1388 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 10 Mar 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The do_ipv6_setsockopt function in net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c in Linux kernel before 2.6.20, and possibly other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops) by calling setsockopt with the IPV6_RTHDR option name and possibly a zero option length or invalid option value, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1388?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2007-1388?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2007-1388 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-1388 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-c6w9-v295-wr3x.