5.5
CVE-2011-4594
- EPSS 0.17%
- Published 17.05.2012 11:00:35
- Last modified 11.04.2025 00:51:21
- Source secalert@redhat.com
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The __sys_sendmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted use of the sendmmsg system call, leading to an incorrect pointer dereference.
Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version < 3.1
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
| Type | Source | Score | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPSS | FIRST.org | 0.17% | 0.388 |
| Source | Base Score | Exploit Score | Impact Score | Vector string |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nvd@nist.gov | 5.5 | 1.8 | 3.6 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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| nvd@nist.gov | 4.9 | 3.9 | 6.9 |
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.