VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-2826

CVSS score4.9 NONE
EPSS probability0.43%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-07-02
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

Integer overflow in the sctp_getsockopt_local_addrs_old function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) functionality in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and system outage) via vectors involving a large addr_num field in an sctp_getaddrs_old data structure.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-190

Primary references