VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2011-2482

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability3.77%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2013-06-08
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A certain Red Hat patch to the sctp_sock_migrate function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted SCTP packet.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references