CVE-2007-2242: IETF IPv6

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The IPv6 protocol allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted IPv6 type 0 route headers (IPV6_RTHDR_TYPE_0) that create network amplification between two routers.

Affected products

• IETF IPv6: any version

Published 2007-04-25. Last modified 2026-06-16.