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CVE-2002-0046 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Linux kernel, and possibly other operating systems, allows r)

Linux kernel, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to read portions of memory via a series of fragmented ICMP packets that generate an ICMP TTL Exceeded response, which includes portions of the memory in the response packet.

CVE IDCVE-2002-0046
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score5.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2002-01-31
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionLinux kernel, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to read portions of memory via a series of fragmented ICMP packets that generate an ICMP TTL Exceeded response, which includes portions of the memory in the response packet.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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