CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-0207

Divide By Zero

Published: May 17, 2012 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The igmp_heard_query function in net/ipv4/igmp.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and panic) via IGMP packets.

Weakness

The product divides a value by zero.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux * 3.0.17 (excluding)
Linux_kernel Linux 3.1 (including) 3.1.9 (excluding)
Linux_kernel Linux 3.2 (including) 3.2.1 (excluding)

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