CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It affects Linux. Its EPSS score suggests a 12.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2009-3613
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
12.46%
Linux
Original NVD Description
The swiotlb functionality in the r8169 driver in drivers/net/r8169.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (IOMMU space exhaustion and system crash) by using jumbo frames for a large amount of network traffic, as demonstrated by a flood ping.