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Vulnerability record · CVE-2007-1398 · published 10 March 2007

CVE-2007-1398: Snort vulnerability

Snort · Snort

The frag3 preprocessor in Snort 2.6.1.1, 2.6.1.2, and 2.7.0 beta, when configured for inline use on Linux without the ip_conntrack module loaded, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and application crash) via certain UDP packets produced by send_morefrag_packet and send_overlap_packet.

7.1 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 5.6% · top 7.4%
7.1CVSS 2.0 base score
5.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The frag3 preprocessor in Snort 2.6.1.1, 2.6.1.2, and 2.7.0 beta, when configured for inline use on Linux without the ip_conntrack module loaded, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and application crash) via certain UDP packets produced by send_morefrag_packet and send_overlap_packet.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2007-1398), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.