Vulnerability Intelligence Report
Memory leak in ICMP6 in Linux Kernel
CVE-2022-0742
Memory leak in icmp6 implementation in Linux Kernel 5.13+ allows a remote attacker to DoS a host by making it go out-of-memory via icmp6 packets of type 130 or 131. We recommend upgrading past commit 2d3916f3189172d5c69d33065c3c21119fe539fc.
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
9.1
CRITICAL
Exploitability:3.9
Impact Score:5.2
EPSS Probability:4.92%
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Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
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Threat Intelligence Signals
EPSS Score
4.919%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | Google LLC · Vendor · USA |
| Reserved | 2022-02-23T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2022-03-18T11:20:11 |
| Last Updated | 2025-04-21T13:55:10 |
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