CVE-2008-0177

KAME ipcomp - Denial of Service via IPv6 IPComp Header

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-0177. PoCs published by mu-b.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a DoS vulnerability in Apple MACOS X xnu <= 1228.3.13 due to improper validation in ipv6-ipcomp processing. It sends malformed IPv6 packets with IPComp headers to trigger a kernel crash.

Description

The ipcomp6_input function in sys/netinet6/ipcomp_input.c in the KAME project before 20071201 does not properly check the return value of the m_pulldown function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an IPv6 packet with an IPComp header.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by mu-b · cdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5191

This exploit targets a DoS vulnerability in Apple MACOS X xnu <= 1228.3.13 due to improper validation in ipv6-ipcomp processing. It sends malformed IPv6 packets with IPComp headers to trigger a kernel crash.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Apple MACOS X xnu <= 1228.3.13
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to target · IPv6 connectivity
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (20)

Core 20
Core References
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28816
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0688
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0441
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27642
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28788
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_freebsd
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:04.ipsec.asc
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29130
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28979
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30430
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019314
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/110947
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31074
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5191

Scores

EPSS 0.1554
EPSS Percentile 96.4%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
kame/ipcomp
Published Feb 07, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026