CVE-2008-2136

7.8
CVSS v2.0 Base Score
4.93%
LOW RiskEPSS (92nd percentile)

Memory leak in the ipip6_rcv function in net/ipv6/sit.c in the Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.36.5 and 2.6 before 2.6.25.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via network traffic to a Simple Internet Transition (SIT) tunnel interface, related to the pskb_may_pull and kfree_skb functions, and management of an skb reference count.

Published: 5/16/2008
Modified: 6/16/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

7.8

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

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

4.93%LOW Exploitation Risk
92nd percentile

This vulnerability has a 4.93% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 92% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

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