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CVE-2023-1074
A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Stream Control Transmission Protocol. This issue may occur when a user starts a…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.24%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Stream Control Transmission Protocol. This issue may occur when a user starts a malicious networking service and someone connects to this service. This could allow a local user to starve resources, causing a denial of service.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.24% · top 85% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
kernel
- affected unknown
References (6)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2173430 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=458e279f861d3f61796894cd158b780765a1569f (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/23/1 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230502 [SECURITY] [DLA 3404-1] linux-5.10 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230503 [SECURITY] [DLA 3403-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20231105 Re: Linux Kernel: sctp: KASLR leak in inet_diag_msg_sctpasoc_fill() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_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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