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CVE-2007-1388

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-1388 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel, specifically within the do_ipv6_setsockopt function in net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c, affecting versions prior to 2.6.20. A local, authenticated attacker can trigger a NULL pointer dereference by manipulating the IPV6_RTHDR option with setsockopt, leading to an oops. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.4, indicating a medium attack complexity and requiring local user authentication for a complete denial of service. While there is an ExploitDB entry for this issue, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.19.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
2.7
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
42.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-29781 · Mar 26, 2007
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0055 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 1,297 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 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-2007-1388Important

security flaw

Mar 8, 2007

References

bugzilla.kernel.org / show_bug.cgi
lists.suse.com / archive/suse-security-announce/2007-May/0001.html
secunia.com / advisories/24777
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/24901
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/25080
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/25099
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/25392
Vendor Advisory
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1154
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11509
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.4
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0169.html
securityfocus.com / bid/23142
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-464-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/1122
Vendor Advisory