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CVE-2004-0424

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2004-07-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Integer overflow in the ip_setsockopt function in Linux kernel 2.4.22 through 2.4.25 and 2.6.1 through 2.6.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via the MCAST_MSFILTER socket option.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 2.4.22, 2.4.23, 2.4.23-pre9, 2.4.23_ow2, 2.4.24, 2.4.24_ow1 (+6)
• Sgi Propack: 3.0
• Slackware Linux: 9.1, current

References

• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000852
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108253171301153&w=2
• http://www.isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0015-msfilter.txt
• http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-4285.html
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:037
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_10_kernel.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-183.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10179
• http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.659586
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15907
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11214

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