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CVE-2007-1000

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CVE-2007-1000 describes a NULL dereference vulnerability in the ipv6_getsockopt_sticky function within the Linux kernel, affecting versions prior to 2.6.20.2. This flaw allows local users to read arbitrary kernel memory through specially crafted getsockopt calls. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it represents a high-severity vulnerability with local access, low attack complexity, and complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While no active exploitation is reported and it's not on the KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-4172) exists, indicating public exploit code for memory leakage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.20.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-4172 · Jul 10, 2007
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0110 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 3,241 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-8.1.3.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-1000Important

security flaw

Mar 6, 2007

References

bugzilla.kernel.org / show_bug.cgi
fedoranews.org / cms/node/2787
fedoranews.org / cms/node/2788
lists.suse.com / archive/suse-security-announce/2007-May/0001.html
secunia.com / advisories/24493
secunia.com / advisories/24518
secunia.com / advisories/24777
secunia.com / advisories/24901
secunia.com / advisories/25080
secunia.com / advisories/25099
secunia.com / advisories/25691
secunia.com / advisories/26133
secunia.com / advisories/26139
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1153
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10015
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/920689
US Government Resource
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.2
mandriva.com / security/advisories
osvdb.org / 33025
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0169.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/471457
securityfocus.com / bid/22904
ExploitPatch
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-486-1
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-489-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/0907
wslabi.com / wabisabilabi/initPublishedBid.do