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CVE-2007-6151

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CVE-2007-6151 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the isdn_ioctl function within the Linux kernel (specifically version 2.6.23). This flaw allows local attackers to trigger a denial of service by providing a malformed ioctl struct where the 'iocts' field is not null-terminated. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered high severity, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity that could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
43.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0056 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 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, 0.0 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 (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: kernel-0:2.4.18-e.67
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: kernel-0:2.4.9-e.74
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: kernel-0:2.4.21-57.EL
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-67.0.4.EL
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-6151Low

I4L: fix isdn_ioctl memory issue

Dec 1, 2007

References

git.kernel.org
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00007.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.html
lists.vmware.com / pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2008-0055.html
secunia.com / advisories/28626
secunia.com / advisories/28706
secunia.com / advisories/28748
secunia.com / advisories/28889
secunia.com / advisories/28971
secunia.com / advisories/29058
secunia.com / advisories/29570
secunia.com / advisories/30110
secunia.com / advisories/30962
secunia.com / advisories/31246
secunia.com / advisories/33280
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10971
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1479
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1503
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1504
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0211.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html
securityfocus.com / bid/27497
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-574-1
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-578-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2222/references