CVE-2008-2464

Exp

The mld_input function in sys/netinet6/mld6.c in the kernel in NetBSD 4.0, FreeBSD, and KAME, when INET6 is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and panic) via a malformed ICMPv6 Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) query with a certain Maximum Response Delay value.

Published: 2008-09-10 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2464 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.43%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-2464

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2464

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 3.10% 2.43% -0.67%
2 2026-05-12 3.59% 3.10% -0.48%
3 2025-12-28 3.59%

Full EPSS history (22 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2464

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.1 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-2464

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2464

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kame kame cpe:2.3:a:kame:kame:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2464

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