CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It affects Linux. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2008-2750
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
3.82%
Linux
Original NVD Description
The pppol2tp_recvmsg function in drivers/net/pppol2tp.c in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.26-rc6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel heap memory corruption and system crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PPPOL2TP packet that results in a large value for a certain length variable.