Vulnerability Details : CVE-2011-1576

The Generic Receive Offload (GRO) implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 2.6.32 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) Hypervisor and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted VLAN packets that are processed by the napi_reuse_skb function, leading to (1) a memory leak or (2) memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1478.
Published 2011-08-31 23:55:02
Updated 2023-02-13 01:19:17
Source Red Hat, Inc.
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: OverflowMemory CorruptionDenial of service

Products affected by CVE-2011-1576

Threat overview for CVE-2011-1576

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2011-1576
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 53
IPs affected by CVE-2011-1576 117,171
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-1576

EPSS FAQ
0.89%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 80 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2011-1576

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.7
 MEDIUM AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
5.5
6.9
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2011-1576

  • The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2011-1576

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