CVE-2007-1365

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 21.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-03-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in kern/uipc_mbuf2.c in OpenBSD 3.9 and 4.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via fragmented IPv6 packets due to "incorrect mbuf handling for ICMP6 packets." NOTE: this was originally reported as a denial of service.

Affected products

OpenBSD: 3.9, 4.0

References

http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=117252151023868&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/24490
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017735
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=1703
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/986425
http://www.openbsd.org/errata39.html#m_dup1
http://www.openbsd.org/errata40.html#m_dup1
http://www.osvdb.org/33050
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22901
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017744
http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=117252151023868&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/24490

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