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CVE-2008-0177

36
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0177 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the KAME project's ipcomp6_input function, affecting systems utilizing its IPv6 IPComp header implementation, including Apple Mac OS X. The flaw stems from improper handling of the m_pulldown function's return value, allowing remote attackers to crash the system. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and can lead to a complete system outage. While not actively exploited in the wild or on hotlists, a proof-of-concept exploit exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding it.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kame:ipcomp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
15.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-5191 · Feb 26, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1554 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cvsweb.netbsd.org / bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/netinet6/ipcomp_input.c
Vendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html
secunia.com / advisories/28788
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28816
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28979
secunia.com / advisories/29130
secunia.com / advisories/30430
secunia.com / advisories/31074
security.freebsd.org / advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:04.ipsec.asc
securitytracker.com / id
exploit-db.com / exploits/5191
kame.net / dev/cvsweb2.cgi/kame/kame/sys/netinet6/ipcomp_input.c.diff
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/110947
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/27642
Patch
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0441
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0688
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1697
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2094/references