Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2007-5501

The tcp_sacktag_write_queue function in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.21 through 2.6.23.7, and 2.6.24-rc through 2.6.24-rc2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted ACK responses that trigger a NULL pointer dereference.

  • Published: Nov 15, 2007
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2007-5501
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.8
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.21-rc2 2.6.21-rc2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23.4 2.6.23.4.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22.15 2.6.22.15.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.21 2.6.21.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22-rc4 2.6.22-rc4.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22-rc2 2.6.22-rc2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.21-rc5 2.6.21-rc5.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22.4 2.6.22.4.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.21-rc7 2.6.21-rc7.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.21-rc4 2.6.21-rc4.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22.21 2.6.22.21.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23.7 2.6.23.7.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22.12 2.6.22.12.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.21.6 2.6.21.6.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22.1 2.6.22.1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22 2.6.22.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23.1 2.6.23.1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23-rc4 2.6.23-rc4.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.21.1 2.6.21.1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.21.4 2.6.21.4.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23-rc3 2.6.23-rc3.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.21.5 2.6.21.5.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22.7 2.6.22.7.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23-rc8 2.6.23-rc8.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.24-rc1 2.6.24-rc1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22-rc5 2.6.22-rc5.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.21-rc6 2.6.21-rc6.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22.18 2.6.22.18.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22.20 2.6.22.20.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23-rc2 2.6.23-rc2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22.6 2.6.22.6.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23.3 2.6.23.3.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22.3 2.6.22.3.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23-rc6 2.6.23-rc6.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23-rc1 2.6.23-rc1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22.9 2.6.22.9.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22-rc3 2.6.22-rc3.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22.13 2.6.22.13.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23-rc7 2.6.23-rc7.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.21.3 2.6.21.3.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22.17 2.6.22.17.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.21-rc1 2.6.21-rc1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22-rc1 2.6.22-rc1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22.11 2.6.22.11.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23 2.6.23.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22.10 2.6.22.10.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23.2 2.6.23.2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.21.7 2.6.21.7.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.21.2 2.6.21.2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.24-rc2 2.6.24-rc2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23-rc9 2.6.23-rc9.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22.22 2.6.22.22.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22-rc7 2.6.22-rc7.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23.5 2.6.23.5.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22.8 2.6.22.8.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23.6 2.6.23.6.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22-rc6 2.6.22-rc6.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22.2 2.6.22.2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22.19 2.6.22.19.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22.5 2.6.22.5.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.21-rc3 2.6.21-rc3.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.23-rc5 2.6.23-rc5.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22.16 2.6.22.16.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.22.14 2.6.22.14.x