What is CVE-2007-1000?

CVE-2007-1000 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2 out of 10. CVE-2007-1000 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-1000?

CVE-2007-1000 has a CVSS score of 7.2 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2007-1000?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2007-1000 patch availability.

Is CVE-2007-1000 actively exploited?

CVE-2007-1000 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2007-1000

High

The ipv6_getsockopt_sticky function in net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.20.2 allows local users to read arbitrary kernel memory via certain getsockopt calls that trigger a NULL dereference.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2007-03-12

Last modified 2026-04-23

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

7.2

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Availability

Vector string

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

References

26 total

Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22904

Exploit Patch
Kb
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/920689

US Government Resource
Kernel.org
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8134
Fedoranews
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2787
Fedoranews
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2788

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2007-1000

Severity High

CVSS score 7.2 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2007-03-12

Modified 2026-04-23

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2007-1000?

CVE-2007-1000 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2 out of 10 . CVE-2007-1000 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-1000?

CVE-2007-1000 has a CVSS score of 7.2 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2007-1000?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2007-1000 patch availability.
Is CVE-2007-1000 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2007-1000 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.