CVE-2008-2464 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the mld_input function of the kernel in NetBSD 4.0, FreeBSD, and KAME, affecting systems with INET6 enabled. A remote attacker can trigger a divide-by-zero error and system panic by sending a malformed ICMPv6 Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) query with a specific Maximum Response Delay value. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.1, indicating high severity due to its network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and complete availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kame:kame:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.