{"cve":"CVE-2007-2525","nvd":{"published":"2007-05-08T23:19:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:39:46.377","status":"Modified","description":"Memory leak in the PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) socket implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21-git8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by creating a socket using connect, and releasing it before the PPPIOCGCHAN ioctl is initialized.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.21-git8.log","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0488.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/25163","http://secunia.com/advisories/25700","http://secunia.com/advisories/25838"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:46:28.846926071+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2007-2525","score":0.00405,"percentile":0.34774,"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."]}