CVE-2002-0046: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Linux kernel, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to read portions of memory via a series of fragmented ICMP packets that generate an ICMP TTL Exceeded response, which includes portions of the memory in the response packet.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.6.20.1 only

Published 2002-01-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.