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CVE-2014-4667
The sctp_association_free function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not properly manage a certain backlog…
Medium5.0EPSS 5.9%
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- mitre
Description
The sctp_association_free function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not properly manage a certain backlog value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (socket outage) via a crafted SCTP packet.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.9% · top 6.7% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (18)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d3217b15a19a4779c39b212358a5c71d725822ee (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:1316 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140627 Re: CVE request -- Linux kernel: sctp: sk_ack_backlog wrap-around problem (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 59790 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-2335-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2334-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:1319 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 60564 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 68224 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 59777 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 60596 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3068.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3069.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1113967 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2992 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d3217b15a19a4779c39b212358a5c71d725822ee (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:0812 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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