The sctp_process_param function in net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c in the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4, when ASCONF is…

Description

The sctp_process_param function in net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c in the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4, when ASCONF is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a malformed INIT chunk.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

5.2% · top 7.5% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-399 and its CVEs

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (22)

• 62735 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:0695 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-3004.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e40607cbe270a9e8360907cb1e62ddf0736e4864 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20141113 CVE-2014-7841 Linux kernel: net: sctp: NULL pointer dereference in af->from_addr_param on malformed packet (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/16000/000/sol16016.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:0652 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:0285 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:0087 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• DSA-3093 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:0481 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 71081 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2015:0566 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163087 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:0284 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-3005.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:0529 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e40607cbe270a9e8360907cb1e62ddf0736e4864 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 62597 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.17.4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:0102 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 62305 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 13:03 UTC.