Integer overflow in the ip_setsockopt function in Linux kernel 2.4.22 through 2.4.25 and 2.6.1 through 2.6.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via the MCAST_MSFILTER socket option.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0424 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.24%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.03% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 274 | exploit_db | edb | 2004-04-21 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.21% | 1.24% | +1.03% |
| 2 | 2025-03-17 | 0.04% | 0.21% | +0.17% |
| 3 | 2023-03-07 | — | 0.04% | — |
Full EPSS history (4 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0424 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2004-0424 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (kernel-source-2.4.27), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 2, DNE 1, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-0424 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| sgi | propack | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.4.22 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.4.23 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.4.23 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.23:pre9:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.4.23_ow2 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.23_ow2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.4.24 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.4.24_ow1 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.24_ow1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.4.25 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.1 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.1 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.1 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.2 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.3 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| slackware | slackware_linux | 9.1 | cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| slackware | slackware_linux | current | cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:current:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |