What is CVE-2007-2480?

CVE-2007-2480 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10. CVE-2007-2480 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-2480?

CVE-2007-2480 has a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2007-2480?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2007-2480. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2007-2480 actively exploited?

CVE-2007-2480 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2007-2480

Medium

The _udp_lib_get_port function in net/ipv4/udp.c in Linux kernel 2.6.21 and earlier does not prevent a bind to a port with a local address when there is already a bind to that port with a wildcard local address, which might allow local users to intercept local traffic for daemons or other applications.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2007-05-03

Last modified 2026-04-23

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.6

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Availability

Vector string

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

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2007-2480 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Osvdb
http://osvdb.org/39235
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=de34ed91c4ffa4727964a832c46e624dd1495cf5
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2007-2480

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.6 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2007-05-03

Modified 2026-04-23

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2007-2480?

CVE-2007-2480 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10 . CVE-2007-2480 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-2480?

CVE-2007-2480 has a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2007-2480?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2007-2480. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2007-2480 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2007-2480 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.