VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-4618
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability2.66%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-10-21
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Description
The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not properly handle a protocol violation in which a parameter has an invalid length, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors, related to sctp_sf_violation_paramlen, sctp_sf_abort_violation, sctp_make_abort_violation, and incorrect data types in function calls.
Weakness classification
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation