A vulnerability was found in libndp. This flaw allows a local malicious user to cause a buffer overflow in NetworkManager, triggered by sending a malformed IPv6 router advertisement packet. This issue occurred as libndp was not correctly validating the route length information.
CVE-2024-5564
CVSS base score
8.1 (v3.1)
Severity
HIGH
Attack vector
Network
Weakness
CWE-120
Last modified
November 4, 2026
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H