CVE-2009-1385

E1000 vulnerability

CVSS

7.8

EPSS

33.5%

EPSS pct

98th

Exploited

No known

Integer underflow in the e1000_clean_rx_irq function in drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c in the e1000 driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30-rc8, the e1000e driver in the Linux kernel, and Intel Wired Ethernet (aka e1000) before 7.5.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted frame size.

Affected vendor

Intel

Affected product

E1000

CVSS vector

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

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-189

Published

2009-06-04

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 33.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

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