{"cve":"CVE-2007-2172","nvd":{"published":"2007-04-22T19:19:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:39:04.470","status":"Modified","description":"A typo in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.21-rc6 and 2.4 before 2.4.35 causes RTA_MAX to be used as an array size instead of RTN_MAX, which leads to an \"out of bound access\" by the (1) dn_fib_props (dn_fib.c, DECNet) and (2) fib_props (fib_semantics.c, IPv4) functions.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.21-rc6","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0488.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/25068","http://secunia.com/advisories/25288","http://secunia.com/advisories/25392"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:46:28.846926071+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2007-2172","score":0.00431,"percentile":0.37396,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}