Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2014-7841

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.

EPSS: 0.052 (91.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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Weakness classification (CWE)

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